resistance

n. opposition, act of fighting against; act of withstanding the effects of; (Medicine) natural ability of an organism to resist disease (or bacteria or poisonous substances produced in diseases); quality of a conductor which resists an electrical current (Electricity); underground organization in an occupied country which fights against the occupying forces

Resistance may refer to: In physics:Electrical resistance, the degree to which a passing electric current is dissipated into heat Friction, the force that opposes (relative) motionDrag (physics) ("Air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flowGeological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factorsHydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rockThermal resistance, a measure of how poorly temperature conducts through a substanceThermal conductivity, how well temperature conducts through a substanceThermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design
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The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy regime during World War II. Resistance groups comprised small groups of armed men and women (referred to as the maquis when based in the countryside), publishers of underground newspapers, and escape networks that helped allied soldiers.
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Resistance /re·sis·tance/ 1. opposition, or counteracting force. 2. the natural ability of an organism to resist microorganisms or toxins produced [more]Resistance - Community and Resources

Noun
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"
(synonym) opposition
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) lockout
2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
(hypernym) mechanical phenomenon
(hyponym) friction, rubbing
3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
(synonym) electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
(hypernym) electrical phenomenon
(hyponym) ohmage
4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
(hypernym) military action, action
(derivation) resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
(synonym) immunity
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) acquired immunity
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
6. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
(synonym) underground
(hypernym) revolutionary group
(hyponym) Maquis
7. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
(hypernym) unresponsiveness
(classification) bacteria, bacterium
8. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
(hypernym) unwillingness
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
9. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
(synonym) resistor
(hypernym) electrical device
(hyponym) ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
(part-holonym) circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
10. group action in opposition to those in power
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) confrontation, opposition
(derivation) resist, balk, baulk, jib

n. resistance, stamina, strength; refractoriness, opposition; stand, durability, defiance