Definition Resistance Ohms Law Resistance: The resistance of a material is a measure of how easily a charge flows through it. Resistance: how much “push” is needed to get a given current to flow. This is the symbol we use for a “resistor:” All wires have resistance. Obviously, for efficiency in carrying a current, we want a wire having a low resistance. In idealized problems, we will consider wire resistance to be zero. Lamps, batteries, and other devices in circuits have resistance Ohm’s Law: In some materials, the resistance is constant over a wide range of voltages For such materials, we write and call the equation “Ohm’s Law In fact, Ohm’s Law is not a “Law” in the same sense as Newton’s Laws… Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance I=V/R