Meanings
nounmemristor (plural memristors)
plural memristors
- natural sciencesA 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
Origin
Blend of memory + resistor, coined by Leon O. Chua in 1971.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish muistivastus, memristori
- muistivastusphysics: type of electrical element
- memristoriphysics: type of electrical element
Italian memristore
- memristorephysics: type of electrical element
Polish memrystor
- memrystorphysics: type of electrical element
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