resistance
nounEtymology
From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.
- derived from resistentia
- derived from resistence
- inherited from resistence
Definitions
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
- the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics
- […]this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.
A force that tends to oppose motion.
Electrical resistance.
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A resistor.
- In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
- Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.
The neighborhood
- neighborair resistance
- neighborantibioresistance
- neighborantiresistance
- neighborarc resistance
- neighborchemoresistance
- neighborcollision resistance
- neighborconsumer resistance
- neighborcoresistance
- neighborcounterresistance
- neighborcross-resistance
- neighborcross resistance
- neighborcustomer resistance
Derived
autoresistance, axis of resistance, corticoresistance, cryoresistance, line of least resistance, Lord's Resistance Army, multiresistance, necroresistance, nonresistance, osmoresistance, oxidoresistance, path of least resistance, pentaresistance, piece de resistance, pitting resistance equivalent number, resistance arm, resistance band, resistance box, resistance coil, resistance distance, resistance frame, resistanceless, resistance thermometer, resistance training, seroresistance
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at resistance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at resistance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at resistance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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