resistor meaning

Noun: resistor  ri'zistu(r)

1. An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
   - resistance

Sounds like: resister

Derived forms: resistors

Type of: electrical device

Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

Encyclopedia: Resistor

[Architecture]

A device used in an electric circuit to control the flow of current.

[Electronics]
A device having resistance concentrated in lumped form. Also see RESISTANCE and RESISTIVITY.

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1. the second resistor has been replaced by a capacitor.
2. resistor offers resistance to the flow of electrical current.
3. physically, the resistor is effectively the source of noise.
4. it would be necessary to connect a limiting resistor in series with the lamp.
5. the effect is the same as that of placing a shunt resistor across the active gage.