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抵抗率 (ていこうりつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

抵てい抗こう率りつ

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Meanings

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noun

Technical term in physics and electrical engineering for the intrinsic electrical resistance of a material.

銅どうの抵てい抗こう率りつは非ひ常じょうに低ひくい。
The resistivity of copper is very low.
この材ざい料りょうの抵てい抗こう率りつを測そく定ていして

ください

。

Please measure the resistivity of this material.

Kanji

抵resist, reach, touch
抗confront, resist, defy
率ratio, rate, proportion

Similar words

抵てい抗こう
抵抗 is the general term for electrical resistance (measured in ohms), while 抵抗率 is the material property of resistivity (ohm-meters).
導どう電でん率りつ
導電率 is conductivity, the reciprocal of resistivity.

Etymology

Compound of 抵抗 (resistance) + 率 (rate, coefficient). The term is a direct calque of the English 'resistivity'.