resistance
Definitions
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- A force that tends to oppose motion.
- The ratio between the potential difference across a conductor and the current that is carried. It is measured in ohms.
- 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...
- Electrical resistance.
- resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)
- The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
- A resistor.
- endurance, stamina
- A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
- endurance, resilience
- often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
- Psychology A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thermal resistance.
- the act or an instance of resisting
Equivalents
Françaisrésistance
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Azərbaycan dilimüqavimət
བོད་སྐད།བཙན་རྒོལ་གསང་ཚོགས
Catalàresistència
Danskmodstand
Eestivastupanu
Suomihanttiresistanssiresistenssisietovastaanpanovastahankavastarintavastarintaliikevastusvastustusvastustuskyky
עבריתהִתְנַגְּדוּת
Magyarellenállás
Հայերենդիմադրություն
Íslenskaviðnám
Italianoresistenza
Қазақ тіліқарсылық
ភាសាខ្មែរកំណៀច
LëtzebuergeschWidderstand
Македонскиотпор
Portuguêsresistência
Slovenčinaodpor
ShqipQëndresë
ไทยการต่อต้าน
Tagalogsagwil
اردومزاحمت
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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