resistive

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“Deputy Kirk used a level of force that deputies across this country are trained and authorized to use when taking a resistive suspect into custody,” Wilson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

When a photon strikes a pixel, the current shunted into the resistive heating element warms a small part of the readout wire, creating a tiny hotspot.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

The team’s array of seafloor electrodes, sensitive to the conductivity of water, captured a subducting seamount that appeared to have a conductive interior covered by a thin resistive crust.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023

"If we start building communities and structures out of materials more resistive to fire, we are upping our odds of success — we've got to do something different and do it better."

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2022

Disease means discomfort, and consequent loss of vital energy and disturbance of the resistive vitality that would enable the patient to throw off the affection.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)