Usually means: Component that restricts electrical current flow.
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  1. resistor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. resistor: Merriam-Webster
  3. resistor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. resistor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. resistor: Collins English Dictionary
  6. resistor: Vocabulary.com
  7. Resistor, resistor: Wordnik
  8. resistor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. resistor: Wiktionary
  10. resistor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. resistor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. resistor: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. resistor: Dictionary.com
  14. Resistor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. resistor: Rhymezone
  16. resistor: FreeDictionary.org
  17. resistor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. resistor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
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Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. resistor: CCI Computer
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  3. The Resistor, resistor: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Resistor: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. resistor: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. resistor: Electronics
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
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noun:  One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
noun:  (electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

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