noun
- plural of resistivity; measures of a material’s ability to resist the flow of electric current
Usage: physics; electrical engineering
Examples
- The resistivities of different metals vary significantly at room temperature.
- Engineers measured the resistivities of various semiconductor materials.
- Copper and silver have among the lowest resistivities of all elements.
- The lab compared resistivities between pure and alloyed samples.
- Temperature changes can dramatically affect material resistivities.
- Scientists published data on the resistivities of new composite materials.