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Resistivity is the resistance, in ohms, between the opposite faces of a 1-metre-cube of a material.

For metals, resistivity is in the region of 0.0000001 ohm-metre. For semiconductors, it is much higher - it is in the region of 0.01 ohm-metres.

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