resistances
ri-ZIS-tuhns-iz/ɹɪˈzɪstənsɪz/
- 1Plural of resistance.
The circuit's various resistances were measured and recorded during testing.
The lab measured the thermal resistances of four insulation materials.
Note
Only some meanings of resistance can take a plural. The word works as both a mass noun and a count noun, and the plural belongs to the countable uses: separate opposing forces, the measured values in a circuit, several resistance movements. In older electrical writing it can also name the components themselves, a dated use for which resistors is now the usual word.
resistances is a form of resistance
resistance, noun: The act of resisting something, or the ability to oppose or withstand it. Full entry
- Forms
- resistanceresistances plural
- Spelling
- resistance → resistances: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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