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resistance

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rɪˈzɪstəns ]
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rɪˈzɪstəns ]
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Noun

1. The refusal to accept or comply with something.

Many people seem to take this for granted and consider all resistance futile.

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2. The use of force or violence to oppose someone or something.

government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance

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3. A secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country.

They seem to be running some sort of resistance movement.

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4. (the Resistance) The underground movement formed in France during the Second World War to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government.

The teenage Giscard was in the French Resistance during World War II.

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5. The ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely.

One of the many benefits of being 20 is the resistance to illness.

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6. Lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change.

Nevertheless, drug resistance will continue and vigilance is necessary.

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7. The impeding or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another.

The speed reached by such a body depends on the ratio of the effort exerted to the resistance offered.

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8. The degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.

Bolometers are devices whose electrical resistance changes with temperature.

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9. A resistor or other circuit component which opposes the passage of an electric current.

A resistance unit has a temperature fuse between a resistance and a terminal for deactivating a resistance circuit when the motor reaches the permissible maximum temperature.

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Origin

1. Late Middle English from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’ (see resist).

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