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specific resistance

noun

  1. the former name for resistivity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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At 75° C. the specific resistance falls to about 1025 under similar conditions as to voltage.

Under the most favourable circumstances its specific resistance may approach 1024 E.M. units.

Its specific resistance is given by Ayrton and Perry as more than 1025, but it is probably much higher in selected samples.

We must, in particular, remember what is meant by the specific resistance, ρ of mercury in the electrostatic system.

It was to be expected that an animal so treated would have lost its specific resistance to foreign tissues.

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