Resistance

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'resistance', 'Resistance': /rɪˈzɪstəns/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/rɪˈzɪstəns/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ri zis′təns)

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Resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ n

the Resistance ⇒ an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II

re•sist•ance /rɪˈzɪstəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

the act or power of resisting or opposing:The plans met with a great deal of resistance.
the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another:wind resistance that slows the car down.
the ability of the human body to resist infection or illness.
Electricitythe tendency of a conductor to oppose the flow of electrical current.
[sometimes: Resistance* usually: the ~] an underground group working to free a country from an occupying power.

re•sist•ance (ri zis′təns),USA pronunciation n.

the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another.
Electricity
- ElectricityAlso called ohmic resistance. a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat: equal to the voltage across the conductor divided by the current flowing in the conductor: usually measured in ohms. Abbr.: R
- a conductor or coil offering such opposition;
  resistor.
Psychiatryopposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness.
World History(often cap.) an underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered country to overthrow the occupying power, usually by acts of sabotage, guerrilla warfare, etc.:the resistance during the German occupation in World War II.
Stock Exchange, BusinessSee resistance level.

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resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ n

the act or an instance of resisting
the capacity to withstand something, esp the body's natural capacity to withstand disease
the opposition to a flow of electric current through a circuit component, medium, or substance. It is the magnitude of the real part of the impedance and is measured in ohmsSymbol: R
(as modifier): resistance coupling, a resistance thermometer
any force that tends to retard or oppose motion: air resistance, wind resistance
line of least resistance ⇒ the easiest, but not necessarily the best or most honourable, course of action

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