'Resistance' definitions:

Definition of 'resistance'

From: WordNet
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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" [syn: resistance, opposition]
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Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
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A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms [syn: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance]
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The military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
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(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: immunity, resistance]
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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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A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force [syn: underground, resistance]
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The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
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(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
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An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current [syn: resistor, resistance]
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Group action in opposition to those in power

Definition of 'Resistance'

From: GCIDE
  • Resistance \Re*sist"ance\ (-ans), n. [F. r['e]sistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, -entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
  • 1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. [1913 Webster]
  • When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. --1. Macc. xi. 38. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Physics) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. [1913 Webster]
  • Unfold to us some warlike resistance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Elec.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. [1913 Webster]
  • Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance.
  • Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance.
  • Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'resistance'

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