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Typical EE's DO in fact speak often of the DYNAMIC resistance of
non-linear (i.e. interesting) devices. The dynamic resistance is
defined to be delta V / delta i at a specific 'load point'.
At 3:08 PM -0500 on 2/8/02, Michael Edmiston wrote
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>(4) This is the one I quibble with the most. If a device is non-ohmic, then
>I would not even say it has a resistance. I don't think the typical
>electrical engineer would speak of an operating diode or transistor as
>having a resistance even though it has a potential difference across it and
>a current through it.
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