resistivity
noun
re·sis·tiv·i·ty
ri-ˌzi-ˈsti-və-tē 
ˌrē-
plural resistivities
1
: the longitudinal electrical resistance of a uniform rod of unit length and unit cross-sectional area : the reciprocal of conductivity
2
: capacity for resisting : resistance
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In recent years physicists have found a dozen or more materials that are clearly metals, in the sense that their electrical resistivity decreases with decreasing temperature, but that are not Fermi liquids.
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Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Last year the researchers used a combination of three scanning technologies — ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and seismic noise tomography — to generate three-dimensional images of what lay below.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
In order to calculate grounding resistance, engineers need to know the soil resistivity for the problem at hand and have a robust calculation method, like FEM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
The researchers created a 3D model of Mitla’s subterranean passageways using a combination of three geophysical scanning technologies—ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and seismic noise tomography—all of which left the archaeological site undisturbed.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
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Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Last year the researchers used a combination of three scanning technologies — ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and seismic noise tomography — to generate three-dimensional images of what lay below.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
In order to calculate grounding resistance, engineers need to know the soil resistivity for the problem at hand and have a robust calculation method, like FEM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
The researchers created a 3D model of Mitla’s subterranean passageways using a combination of three geophysical scanning technologies—ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and seismic noise tomography—all of which left the archaeological site undisturbed.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
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resistivity
noun
re·sis·tiv·i·ty
ri-ˌzis-ˈtiv-ət-ē, ˌrē-
plural resistivities
: the longitudinal electrical resistance of a uniform rod of unit length and unit cross-sectional area : the reciprocal of conductivity
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