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Definition of Resistances

1. resistance [n] - See also: resistance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resistances

Literary usage of Resistances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"On the Comparison of Great resistances. 353.] When the resistances to be measured ... If the conductors whose resistances are to be measured are placed in ..."

2. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"resistances in Series. — If a voltage E is applied across a circuit consisting of a number of resistances Ri, R2 and R3 connected in series ..."

3. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice : a Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1908)
"The various resistances which must be overcome by the power of the ... In short, these resistances are the sum-total of the losses by which the power at the ..."

4. The Economics of Railroad Construction by Walter Loring Webb (1912)
"The various resistances which must be overcome by the power of the ... In short, these resistances and losses are the sum total of the lost energy by which ..."

5. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"Measurement of Very Small resistances. — The Wheatstone bridge is not ... 10) may constitute an appreciable part of the resistances X and R themselves. ..."

6. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1910)
"resistances in Series and in Parallel. — resistances are connected in ... resistances in series. same electrical effect as two or more given resistances. ..."

7. The Economics of Railroad Construction by Walter Loring Webb (1906)
"The various resistances which must be overcome by the power of the ... In short, these resistances and losses are the sum total of the lost energy by which ..."

8. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1873)
"On the Comparison of resistances. 345.] If E is the electromotive force of a battery, and R the resistance of the battery and its connexions, including the ..."

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