noun
- an electrical component that opposes the flow of electric current
Usage: electronics
Examples
- The circuit board contains several resistors to control current flow.
- A 100-ohm resistor was needed to complete the project.
- The LED burned out because we forgot to include a resistor.
- Carbon resistors are commonly used in electronic devices.
- The resistor gets warm when too much current passes through it.
- Students learned to identify resistors by their colored bands.