resist /ri-zistˈ/

1. To strive against, oppose
2. To withstand
3. To refuse
4. To hinder the action of
5. To be little affected by
6. To be distasteful to (Shakespeare)

To make opposition

A protective coating, esp one on parts of a textile to protect the blank areas of the design that is being printed, an acid-proof coating on parts of a metal plate, or a light-sensitive coating on a silicon wafer (also adjective)

resisˈtance noun

1. The act or power of resisting
2. Opposition
3. The body's ability to resist disease
4. (with cap) an organization of (armed) opposition to an occupying enemy force, esp that of the French in World War II (also resistance movement)
5. The opposition of a body to the motion of another
6. That property of a substance in virtue of which the passage of an electric current through it is accompanied with a dissipation of energy
7. An electrical resistor

resisˈtant noun

Someone or something that resists

1. (less usu resisˈtent) making resistance
2. (eg of parasites, germs, antibiotics, corrosion) withstanding adverse conditions

resisˈter noun

A person who resists

resistibilˈity noun

resisˈtible adjective

resisˈtibly adverb

resisˈtingly adverb

resisˈtive adjective

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