resistance

• resistance

resistance

Noun

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

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• resistance
• opposition

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any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

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• resistance

Noun

a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

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• electric resistance
• electrical resistance
• impedance
• resistance
• resistivity
• ohmic resistance

Noun

the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"

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• resistance

Noun

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

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• immunity
• resistance

Noun

the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

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• resistance

Noun

a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

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• underground
• resistance

Noun

the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

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• resistance

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(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

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• resistance

Noun

an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

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• resistor
• resistance

Noun

group action in opposition to those in power

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• resistance