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Old April 1st 07, 01:49 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Antonio Vernucci wrote:
- an ideal electrical engine (no ohmic loss, no friction) fully
transforming the applied electrical power into mechanical power. It
looks like a resistor, but no heat is generated anywhere


No, it looks like a resistance, not a resistor. There is one
IEEE definition for resistor. There are two IEEE definitions
for resistance. A resistor with current dissipates power. A
resistance may or may not dissipate power. One definition of
resistance in the IEEE describes a dissipationless resistance.
There is no such thing as a dissipationless resistor.
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