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Resistive

adjective
1.
Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance.
2.
Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.  Synonyms: insubordinate, resistant.



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"Resistive" Quotes from Famous Books



... army of bacteria. Hence, if the white cells are vigorous and abundant at the site of the battle, defeat may come to the bacteria; and the patient suffer nothing from the attempt of these vegetable parasites to harm him. If, on the other hand, the tissues have a low resistive power, because of general debility of the patient, or of a local debility of the tissues themselves, and the white cells be weak and not abundant, the bacteria will gain the victory, get access to the general blood current, and invade every portion of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Resistive" :   insubordinate, resistivity, resist, fire-resistive, noncompliant, resistance, defiant


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