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Resistance

Resistance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Resistance? [n] 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" [n] the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" [n] group action in opposition to those in power [n] an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current [n] (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness [n] the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) [n] a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force [n] any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion [n] a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms [n] (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Synonyms \| Synonyms for Resistance: electric resistance \| electrical resistance \| immunity \| impedance \| ohmic resistance \| opposition \| resistivity \| resistor \| underground Related Terms \| Find terms related to Resistance: See Also \| acoustic impedance \| acoustic reactance \| acoustic resistance \| acquired immunity \| action \| anti-takeover defense \| ballast resistor \| barretter \| circuit \| condition \| confrontation \| contravention \| defiance \| dispute \| dissent \| drag \| electric circuit \| electrical circuit \| electrical device \| electrical phenomenon \| friction \| group action \| innate immunity \| insubordination \| lockout \| Maquis \| mechanical phenomenon \| military action \| natural immunity \| objection \| obstructionism \| ohmage \| potential divider \| protest \| reaction \| rebellion \| rebelliousness \| retarding force \| revolutionary group \| rheostat \| rubbing \| sales resistance \| status \| unresponsiveness \| unwillingness \| variable resistor \| voltage divider Resistance In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Resistance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Resistance?

[n] 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"
[n] the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
[n] group action in opposition to those in power
[n] an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
[n] (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
[n] the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
[n] a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
[n] any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
[n] a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
[n] (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

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Resistance In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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