Meaning of resistance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
   countable, uncountable
2. A force that tends to oppose motion.
   countable, uncountable
3. The ratio between the potential difference across a conductor and the current that is carried. It is measured in ohms.
4. This breed of cattle is resistant to disease; heat-resistant table-mats. weerstandig مُقاوِم، مُعارِض، مُتَحَمِّل устойчив resistente odolný widerstandsfähig modstandsdygtig; -fast ανθεκτικόςresistente vastupidav مقاوم؛ پایدار vastustuskykyinen résistantחסין प्रतिरोधी otporan, rezistentan ellenálló, -álló tahan þolinn resistente 抵抗力のある 저항력이 있는 atsparus, priešiškas izturīgs/noturīgs pret mempunyai daya tahan immuun, bestand tegenmotstandsdyktigodporny ټينګ، كلك، مخه نيوونكى resistente rezisten...
5. Electrical resistance.
   countable, uncountable
6. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)
7. The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
8. A resistor.
   countable, dated, uncountable
9. endurance, stamina
10. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
11. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
    countable, uncountable
12. endurance, resilience
13. often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
14. Psychology A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.
    Psychology
15. Biology a. Ability (of an organism, tissue, or cell) to withstand a destructive agent or condition such as a chemical compound, a disease agent, or an environmental stressor: antibiotic resistance; resistance to fungal diseases; drought resistance.
    Biology
16. Electricity The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.
    Electricity
17. Thermal resistance.
18. the act or an instance of resisting

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Examples

“[…]this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.”

“So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.”

“widespread resistance to the new urban development plans”

“the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics”

“In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]”

“Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.”

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