See Also: resistive(dictionary)
resistive movement(medicine)

resistive (iou)



resistive adjective. E17.
[Orig. from medieval Latin resistivus, later from RESIST verb: see -IVE.]
Capable of, or liable to offer, resistance. E17.
Nature How to construct a building..reasonably resistive to the most serious earthquake anticipated.
Electricity. Pertaining to, possessing, or resulting from electrical resistance; spec. pertaining to or connected with resistance as a component of impedance (opp. reactive). E20.
resistively adverb L19.
resistiveness noun E19.