Definition of "resistor" [resistor]

• A device used to control current in an electric circuit by providing resistance. (noun)

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• "A circuit with an inductor, capacitor, and resistor is like a pendulum in oil."
• "The device he had been using, a random event generator, or REG, detects electron “noise” in a resistor, which is assumed to be random."
• "James Carroll of the Boston Globe personifies a "resistor" of the intellectual variety."