resistivity Definition
re·sis·tiv·ity (rē′zis tiv′ə tē, ri zis′-)
noun
- property of, capacity for, or tendency toward resistance
- Elec. resistance per unit of area or volume, measured in ohms per meter: the reciprocal of conductivity
resistivity Usage Examples
Preposition: of
material: This means the resistivity of a material will also change with temperature.
Converse of object
- measure: We measured the in-plane resistivity of the metallic layer with the change of the organic overlayer.
- have: Soils and clays will tend to hold ground water, so will have a lower resistivity than rock or stone.
Adjective modifier
- electrical: I need to know the electrical resistivity of water resistivity.
- thermal: The new cellulose insulation can both absorb and release water vapor without significant loss of thermal resistivity.
- low: Silicon, with lower resistivity, also tends to operate at lower frequencies, in the ' Slow wave ' mode.
- high: Plastics generally have high resistivities, allowing them to maintain static charges for long periods.
- specific: There are also many contradictory suggestions as to why the specific contact resistivity is reduced and becomes ohmic after annealing.
- apparent: It requires three air strips to yield a relative variation smaller than 1 % in the values of the apparent resistivity.
Modifies a noun
- surveying: This is an opportunity to learn about resistivity surveying.
- meter: Now follows a list of the resistivity meter readings: a table that is 8 entries wide by 14 entries deep.
- survey: In fact the results from the resistivity survey indicate a feature running a few meters away to east of the accepted line.
- measurement: Therefore resistivity measurement is really a measure of the amount of water held in the ground at a particular point.
- imaging: Resistivity imaging uses an array of electrodes to measure apparent ground resistance.
- plot: A road to the northwest is clearly visible on the resistivity plot.
Noun used with modifier
- surface: Results can be particularly affected by surface wetting or contamination, which greatly reduce surface resistivity.
- volume: Constantan An alloy of 40 % nickel and 60 % copper, with a high volume resistivity and almost negligible temperature coefficient.
- sheet: Most samples exhibited a reduced sheet resistivity resultant from film curing over the duration of the test.
- ground: The difference from the original readings proved a gradual increase in the ground resistivity.
- contact: Electrical Resistivity: Non contact resistivity measurements using a unique double paired coil induction method.
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