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adj. - Exhibiting or relating to electrical opposition adj. - Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.

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  • resistive load
  • The device Hynix seeks to build with the memristor is called resistive random access memory, or RRAM.
  • Archos chose a so-called resistive sensor, which isn't as sensitive as the capacitive type used in the iPhone.
  • It's resistive, meaning that poking the screen's surface presses down the layer beneath and registers your touch.
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