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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Resistance \Re*sist"ance\ (-ans), n. [F. r['e]sistance, LL.
     resistentia, fr. resistens, -entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
     1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
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              When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was
              made against him, he sent away all his forces. --1.
                                                    Macc. xi. 38.
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     2. (Physics) 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.
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     3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
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              Unfold to us some warlike resistance. --Shak.
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     4. (Elec.) 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.
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     Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or
        case containing a number of resistance coils of standard
        values so arranged that they can be combined in various
        ways to afford more or less resistance.
  
     Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an
        electric circuit to increase the resistance.
  
     Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form
        as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance
        than any other solid having the same base, height, and
        volume.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Resistance \Re*sist"ance\ (-ans), n. [F. r['e]sistance, LL.
     resistentia, fr. resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
     1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
  
              When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was
              made against him, he sent away all his forces. --1.
                                                    Macc. xi. 38.
  
     2. (Physics) 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.
  
     3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
  
              Unfold to us some warlike resistance. --Shak.
  
     4. (Elec.) 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 box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or
        case containing a number of resistance coils of standard
        values so arranged that they can be combined in various
        ways to afford more or less resistance.
  
     Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an
        electric circuit to increase the resistance.
  
     Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form
        as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance
        than any other solid having the same base, height, and
        volume.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  resistance
       n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
            disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
            resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
            the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: opposition]
       2: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
       3: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;
          measured in ohms [syn: electric resistance, electrical
          resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance]
       4: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the
          enemy offered little resistance"
       5: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist
          disease [syn: immunity]
       6: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or
          occupation force [syn: underground]
       7: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing
          microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in
          penicillin-resistant bacteria)
       8: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings
          into conscious awareness
       9: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical
          current [syn: resistor]
       10: group action in opposition to those in power

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η αντίσταση
     2 η αντοχή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     n.
     The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     n.
     The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     n.
     The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     n.
     The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     Englanti n.
     1 vastustus, vastarinta
     2 vastustuskyky
     3 (yhteys elektroniikka k=en) resistanssi, vastus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  resistance
     Engelska n.
     1 motstånd, resistens
     2 (tagg fysik språk=en) resistans
     3 (tagg politik språk=en) motståndsrörelse

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Resistance /ɹɪsˈɪstəns/
  المقاومة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  resistance //ɹɪˈzɪstəns// 
  1. съпротивле́ние 2.
  act of resisting
   3.
  force that tends to oppose motion
  2. съпроти́ва
  underground organization struggling for liberation