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noun an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
originEtymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English resistor From resist + -or.
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