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11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
originEtymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English resistive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English resistivity From resistive + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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