resistancelessadj.
/rᵻˈzɪst(ə)nsləs/, U.S. /rəˈzɪst(ə)nsləs/, /riˈzɪst(ə)nsləs/ Chiefly Physics.
Marked by a lack of resistance, esp. electrical resistance.
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resistanceless1892
1892 tr. W. von Siemens Sci. & Techn. Papers I. 267 A short but as far as possible resistanceless [Ger. widerstandslos] connection was made between the connected coverings and the earth.
1936 E. J. Berg Heaviside's Operational Calculus (ed. 2) iii. 20 A circuit consisting of a non-inductive resistance in series with a resistanceless inductance.
1968 Physics Bull. Dec. 410/2 The Meissner effect provided an important clue to the understanding of superfluidity, by showing that it was more than resistanceless flow.
1974 E. Grant Source Book in Medieval Sci. xliv. 257/2 It says nothing..about the manner in which bodies would fall in resistanceless media or in a hypothetical void.
1994 Sci. Amer. Feb. 10/2 Physicists have for many years been trying to marry superconductors with semiconductors, in the hope of having resistanceless electronic circuits as offspring.
1996 F. J. Owens & C. P. Poole New Superconductors iv. 52 Superfluidity..is characterized by the resistanceless flow of mass (helium atoms).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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