| 单词 | resistance wire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresistance wire resistance wire n. a wire whose electrical resistance is significant, esp. one used to generate heat by passing a current through it; (as a mass noun) wire of high resistance. ΚΠ 1852 W. Thomson in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 3 533 A circuit of which the remainder is copper, including a long resistance wire of uniform temperature throughout. 1901 Sci. & Industry 6 236 In [trolley] car heaters we have coils of resistance wire through which current is passed and which brings the wire up to a fairly high temperature. 1938 S. R. Roget Dict. Electr. Terms (ed. 3) 34/1 Electric blanket, a blanket having woven into it resistance wires by which a certain amount of warming effect can be procured. 2003 I. Strangeways Measuring Nat. Environment (ed. 2) v. 86 A short length of platinum resistance wire is supported vertically in the wind and heated by passing a current through it. < as lemmas |
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