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resistivity

noun

Etymology

From resistive + -ity.

  1. derived from resisto
  2. derived from resistre
  3. derived from resister
  4. inherited from resisten
  5. suffixed as resistive — “resist + ive”
  6. suffixed as resistivity — “resistive + ity”

Definitions

  1. The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any…

    The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.

  2. The reciprocal of thermal conductivity, having SI unit

    The reciprocal of thermal conductivity, having SI unit: m K W⁻¹

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resistivity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at resistivity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at resistivity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA