Question

Define resistor? electricity @Engineering

Answer 1

help me please

Answer 2

doesn't a resistor resist electricity to flow

Answer 3

^what i mean't lol regulates

Answer 4

A resistor provides resistance for a flow of current, normally causing the energy to dissipate as heat.
"Electricity" as a whole is a bit trickier to define - do you mean the electric charge or the product of the voltage and charge (i.e. electric power) or the electric current itself? I guess essentially it can be described as the movement of charge.

Answer 5

a resistor reduces energy flow

Answer 6

electricity = E=MC^2

Answer 7

well sorta it's a type of energy

Answer 8

Not quite. It's a hard one to define though.

Answer 9

A resistor is an electronic component that is designed to offer a desired amount of resistance to the flow of current. In metals atoms are arranged in definite lattice structure. When electrons (which are the charges that move) move through this lattice under a certain potential difference, they collide with the atoms coming in their way and this gives rise to resistance.

Answer 10

how is electricity not energy... it is created from subatomic particles moving

Answer 11

that give off energy like harkirat states from above

Answer 12

Saying electricity is energy when asked to define electricity is like saying the sun is hot when asked to define fusion. It is, but it's not the definition. Heat is also energy, but electricity is not heat. The energy is within the flow of particles, but the definition varies depending on exactly what you're talking about. The electric charge and the electric current are different concepts.

Answer 13

hey few

Answer 14

thanks for the answer