resistance

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  • February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    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"

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    resistance noun english

    group action in opposition to those in power