"resistivity" meaning in English

See resistivity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-resistivity.wav Forms: resistivities [plural]
Etymology: From resistive + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|resistive|ity}} resistive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} resistivity (countable and uncountable, plural resistivities)
  1. (electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (capacity of resistance to electricity): специфично съпротивление (specifično sǎprotivlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), resistivitet [common-gender] (Danish), ominaisvastus (Finnish), resistiivisyys (Finnish), résistivité [feminine] (French), resistividade [feminine] (Galician), წინაღობა (c̣inaɣoba) (Georgian), ხვედრითი წინააღმდეგობა (xvedriti c̣inaaɣmdegoba) (Georgian), resistività [feminine] (Italian), удельное электрическое сопротивление (udelʹnoje električeskoje soprotivlenije) [neuter] (Russian), resistividad [feminine] (Spanish), kasagwilan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-resistivity-en-noun-g12YAhD4 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'capacity of resistance to electricity': 88 12
  2. (thermodynamics) The reciprocal of thermal conductivity, having SI unit: m K W⁻¹ Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Thermodynamics, Physical quantities
    Sense id: en-resistivity-en-noun-MzBpljBE Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 25 75 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elastoresistivity, magnetoresistivity, piezoresistivity, transresistivity, volume resistivity

Inflected forms

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