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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•sist•ance /rɪˈzɪstəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the act or power of resisting or opposing:The plans met with a great deal of resistance.
- the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another:wind resistance that slows the car down.
- the ability of the human body to resist infection or illness.
- Electricitythe tendency of a conductor to oppose the flow of electrical current.
- [sometimes: Resistance* usually: the ~] an underground group working to free a country from an occupying power.
See -sist-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•sist•ance (ri zis′təns),USA pronunciation n. - the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another.
- Electricity
- ElectricityAlso called ohmic resistance. a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat: equal to the voltage across the conductor divided by the current flowing in the conductor: usually measured in ohms. Abbr.: R
- a conductor or coil offering such opposition;
resistor.
- Psychiatryopposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness.
- World History(often cap.) an underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered country to overthrow the occupying power, usually by acts of sabotage, guerrilla warfare, etc.:the resistance during the German occupation in World War II.
- Stock Exchange, BusinessSee resistance level.
- Middle French. See resist, -ance
- Middle English 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged opposition, obstinacy, defiance, intransigence.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ n - the act or an instance of resisting
- the capacity to withstand something, esp the body's natural capacity to withstand disease
- the opposition to a flow of electric current through a circuit component, medium, or substance. It is the magnitude of the real part of the impedance and is measured in ohms
Symbol: R - (as modifier): resistance coupling, a resistance thermometer
- any force that tends to retard or oppose motion: air resistance, wind resistance
- line of least resistance ⇒ the easiest, but not necessarily the best or most honourable, course of action
- See passive resistance
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ n - the Resistance ⇒ an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
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