Resistor — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻsˈɪstɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪsˈɪstə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪsˈɪstə/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻsˈɪstɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

resistance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Widerstand

ein elektrisches Gerät, das dem Fluss von elektrischem Strom Widerstand leistet

🇫🇷French

résistance

un appareil électrique qui résiste à la circulation du courant électrique

🇮🇹Italian

resistore

un dispositivo elettrico che resiste al flusso di corrente elettrica

🇳🇱Dutch

weerstand

een elektrisch apparaat dat de stroom van elektrische stroom weerstaat

🇷🇺Russian

резистор

электрическое устройство, препятствующее прохождению электрического тока

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवरोध

एक विद्युत उपकरण जो विद्युत धारा के प्रवाह का प्रतिरोध करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিরোধক

একটি বৈদ্যুতিক ডিভাইস যা বৈদ্যুতিক প্রবাহকে প্রতিরোধ করে

🇮🇳Tamil

மின்தடை

மின்னோட்டத்தின் ஓட்டத்தை எதிர்க்கும் ஒரு மின் சாதனம்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిరోధకం

విద్యుత్ ప్రవాహాన్ని నిరోధించే విద్యుత్ పరికరం

🇮🇳Marathi

रेझिस्टर

विद्युत् प्रवाहाचा प्रतिकार करणारे विद्युत उपकरण

🇮🇳Gujarati

રેઝિસ્ટર

વિદ્યુત ઉપકરણ કે જે વિદ્યુત પ્રવાહના પ્રવાહનો પ્રતિકાર કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧಕ

ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಪ್ರವಾಹದ ಹರಿವನ್ನು ವಿರೋಧಿಸುವ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಸಾಧನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രതിരോധകം

വൈദ്യുത പ്രവാഹത്തെ പ്രതിരോധിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വൈദ്യുത ഉപകരണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੋਧਕ

ਇੱਕ ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੀਕਲ ਯੰਤਰ ਜੋ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਦਾ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

مزاحم

ایک برقی آلہ جو برقی رو کے بہاؤ کے خلاف مزاحمت کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

电阻器

阻止电流流动的电气装置

🇯🇵Japanese

抵抗器

電流の流れに抵抗する電気装置

🇰🇷Korean

저항기

전류의 흐름에 저항하는 전기 장치

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điện trở

một thiết bị điện chống lại dòng điện

🇹🇭Thai

ตัวต้านทาน

อุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้าที่ต้านทานการไหลของกระแสไฟฟ้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

penghambat

alat listrik yang menahan aliran arus listrik

🇵🇭Filipino

risistor

isang de-koryenteng aparato na lumalaban sa daloy ng kuryente

🇲🇾Malay

perintang

peranti elektrik yang menahan aliran arus elektrik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المقاوم

جهاز كهربائي يقاوم تدفق التيار الكهربائي

🇮🇷Persian

مقاومت

یک وسیله الکتریکی که در برابر جریان الکتریکی مقاومت می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

direnç

elektrik akımının akışına direnen elektrikli bir cihaz

🇮🇱Hebrew

נַגָד

מכשיר חשמלי המתנגד לזרימת זרם חשמלי

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