Resistance (IPA: /ɹiˈzɪstəns/, /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/)
| Resistance (n.) |
The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. |
| Resistance (n.) |
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. |
| Resistance (n.) |
A means or method of resisting; that which resists. |
| Resistance (n.) |
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. |
| Resistance |
Oppositional behavior when an individual's unconscious defenses of the ego are threatened by an external source |
| Resistance |
In ecology, property of communities or populations to remain " essentially unchanged " when subject to disturbance |
| Resistance |
The ability of a military unit to continue to oppose an attack |
| Resistance |
Procedural law |
| Resistance |
Muse song |
| Resistance Synonyms |
Electrical Resistance, Electric Resistance, Resistivity, Ohmic Resistanc, Impedance |
| Resistance Synonyms |
Immunity |
| Resistance Synonyms |
Opposition |
| Resistance Synonyms |
Resistor |
| Resistance Synonyms |
Underground |
| Spanish Translation |
Resistance in Spanish is Resistencia |
| Tagalog Translation |
Resistance in Tagalog is Paglaban |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A mediator? But I thought the Palace and the Resistance couldn't even be in the same room! Let alone... talking!" - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable." - Napoleon I of France |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated." - Isaiah Berlin |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I support the Intifada of the Palestinian people.. .And I welcome the national and Islamic resistance efforts in Lebanon." - Taj El-Din Hilaly |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " National Resistance Program .[Quote?]" - World War II |
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