resistance
Noun
Many people seem to take this for granted and consider all resistance futile.
government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance
They seem to be running some sort of resistance movement.
The teenage Giscard was in the French Resistance during World War II.
One of the many benefits of being 20 is the resistance to illness.
Nevertheless, drug resistance will continue and vigilance is necessary.
The speed reached by such a body depends on the ratio of the effort exerted to the resistance offered.
Bolometers are devices whose electrical resistance changes with temperature.
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.

