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Meanings of electric resistance in English

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impedância
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resistividad

A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.

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        Usage of electric resistance in English
        1
        This rests on the principle that the electric resistance of metal conductors increases with the temperature.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
        2
        It also offers rails, structurals, merchant products, electric resistance welded pipes, spiral welded pipes and silicon steel sheets.
        Reuters
        3
        The study of the partitions should be directed to their separating effect on the gases, and to their electric resistance.
        Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
        4
        Another resemblance results also from the experiments by which M. Perreau established that these rays act on the electric resistance of selenium.
        The New Physics and Its Evolution
        5
        The electric resistance is about 0.0075 ohm.
        Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
        6
        A luminous ray falling on a selenium cell produces a variation of electric resistance, thanks to which a sound signal can be transmitted by light.
        The New Physics and Its Evolution
        7
        31.-WaterValve Analogue of Electric Resistance.
        The Radio Amateur's Hand Book / A Complete, Authentic and Inform...
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