electrical resistance

English

Noun

electrical resistance (countable and uncountable, plural electrical resistances)

1. (physics) The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.

Antonyms

• electrical conductance

Translations

opposition offered by a conductor

• Arabic: مُقَاوَمَة f (muqāwama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電阻 / 电阻 (zh) (diànzǔ)

• Esperanto: rezistanco
• Finnish: vastus (fi), sähkövastus
• Greek: ηλεκτρική αντίσταση f (ilektrikí antístasi)
• Latvian: pretestība f
• Portuguese: resistência (pt) f
• Romanian: rezistență electrică f
• Russian: электри́ческое сопротивле́ние n (elektríčeskoje soprotivlénije)
• Thai: ความต้านทานไฟฟ้า (kwaam-dtâan-taan-fai-fáa)

See also

• Ohm, Ω
• resistor

Further reading

• electrical resistance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia