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Resistance
rɪˈzɪst(ə)n(t)s
Resistance definitions
noun
resistance
resistances
- the refusal to accept or comply with something
"they displayed a narrow-minded resistance to change"
opposition to hostility to aversion to refusal to accept unwillingness to accept disinclination to accept reluctance to accept lack of enthusiasm for- the use of force or violence to oppose someone or something
"government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance"
- a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country
"he went underground and joined the resistance"
- the underground movement formed in France during the Second World War to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government
- the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely
"some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others"
- lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change
"many insects show resistance to at least one chemical"
- the impeding or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another
"air resistance was reduced by streamlining"
- the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current
- a resistor or other circuit component which opposes the passage of an electric current