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It is a component or substance which reduces the flow of electricity in a circuit. Their will be one in your mobile phone charger to stop 240/230 volts being routed into your phone( which would probably charge it very quickly but then it would blow up!) Also a resistor is the opposite of a conductor i.e something that resists conducting electricity.

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