resistor
noun
re·sis·tor ri-ˈzi-stər 
: a device that has electrical resistance and that is used in an electric circuit for protection, operation, or current control
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Using the stick undermines the effort by building up resistance to the punishment and raising stress levels, especially if the employee is an unconscious, covert resistor to begin with. 
Jarret Jackson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 For the upgrade of the CD11 CD player, eight capacitors were upgraded along with one resistor in the DAC stage, while all nine capacitors in the power supply were swapped out for improved components. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 June 2021 Each kit includes products that can be found in a car, such as a sensor, a micro-controller board, a breadboard, a resistor, wires, cables and a passive buzzer. Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021 Today, changing any single part of the heart—a bolt, a valve, a resistor—can require a new approval process. Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021 This resulted in some fascinatingly half-ass but workable engineering decisions, like having to replicate the placement of an engineer's finger on the motherboard with a resistor pack in order to get the machine to work. Jason Torchinsky, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2020 After modders discovered a way around the Xbox 360’s safeguards with a drill and a resistor, Microsoft built a custom circuit board onto the Xbox One optical drive. Kyle Wiens, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020 The AirU program has students building their own particulate-matter sensors, starting with toy blocks, a cheap Arduino computer board, and a photo resistor that scatters light to detect particles of pollution. Jason Plautz, WIRED, 11 July 2018 See More
Jarret Jackson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 For the upgrade of the CD11 CD player, eight capacitors were upgraded along with one resistor in the DAC stage, while all nine capacitors in the power supply were swapped out for improved components. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 June 2021 Each kit includes products that can be found in a car, such as a sensor, a micro-controller board, a breadboard, a resistor, wires, cables and a passive buzzer. Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021 Today, changing any single part of the heart—a bolt, a valve, a resistor—can require a new approval process. Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021 This resulted in some fascinatingly half-ass but workable engineering decisions, like having to replicate the placement of an engineer's finger on the motherboard with a resistor pack in order to get the machine to work. Jason Torchinsky, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2020 After modders discovered a way around the Xbox 360’s safeguards with a drill and a resistor, Microsoft built a custom circuit board onto the Xbox One optical drive. Kyle Wiens, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020 The AirU program has students building their own particulate-matter sensors, starting with toy blocks, a cheap Arduino computer board, and a photo resistor that scatters light to detect particles of pollution. Jason Plautz, WIRED, 11 July 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above