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memristor en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of memory + resistor, coined by Leon O. Chua in 1971.

Meanings

  1. A passive electrical element in which the electrical resistance is proportional to the integral of the electrical current between the terminals.
    • According to Kumar, memristor inventor Leon Chua predicted that if you mapped out the possible device parameters there would be regions of chaotic behavior in between regions where behavior is stable. 2020 October 1, Samuel K. Moore, “Memristor Breakthrough: First Single Device To Act Like a Neuron”, in IEEE Spectrum:

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Deriveds

memristic

Relateds

memristive · memristance

Translations (3)

fi muistivastus (physics: type of electrical element) · it memristore (physics: type of electrical element) · fi memristori (physics: type of electrical element)