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resistor definition - telecom
An element within a circuit that is specifically designed to restrict the flow of electric current when a potential difference occurs across it. See also circuit and current.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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