Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resistive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: re-sis-tive
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.

adj

Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.

adj

Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.

Example Sentences

"He had a stubborn, resistive nature."
"This material is highly resistive."
"a pure resistive circuit"

Etymology

Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English resistive From resist + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more resistive (comparative) most resistive (superlative)

Derived Forms

chemiresistive elastoresistive magnetoresistive nonresistive photoresistive piezoresistive resistively resistiveness resistivity thermoresistive viscoresistive

Phrases

resistive random access memory

Frequently Paired Words

resistant resistance

Synonyms

insubordinate resistant

Questions

What does resistive mean?: Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
Where does resistive come from?: Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English resistive From resist + -ive.

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