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resistance noun 1 the act or process of resisting. 2 the ability to, or degree to which, something damaging can be withstood, especially the body's natural ability to resist disease or infection • resistance is low during the winter months. 3 physics in damped harmonic motion: the ratio of the frictional forces to the speed. 4 elec (symbol R) a measure of the extent to which a material or an electrical device opposes the flow of an electric current through it. See also ohm. 5 a measure of the extent to which a material opposes the flow of heat through it. Compare conductivity.6 a resistor. 7 (usually the Resistance) an underground organization fighting for the freedom of a country that has been occupied by an enemy force. resistant adj able to resist, withstand or remain unaffected or undamaged by something. Often in compounds • water-resistant. noun someone or something that resists. line of least resistance the easiest, but not necessarily the best, course of action.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French résistance.

resistance noun 1 the act or process of resisting. 2 the ability to, or degree to which, something damaging can be withstood, especially the body's natural ability to resist disease or infection • resistance is low during the winter months. 3 physics in damped harmonic motion: the ratio of the frictional forces to the speed. 4 elec (symbol R) a measure of the extent to which a material or an electrical device opposes the flow of an electric current through it. See also ohm. 5 a measure of the extent to which a material opposes the flow of heat through it. Compare conductivity.6 a resistor. 7 (usually the Resistance) an underground organization fighting for the freedom of a country that has been occupied by an enemy force. resistant adj able to resist, withstand or remain unaffected or undamaged by something. Often in compounds • water-resistant. noun someone or something that resists. line of least resistance the easiest, but not necessarily the best, course of action.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French résistance.

resistance noun 1 the act or process of resisting. 2 the ability to, or degree to which, something damaging can be withstood, especially the body's natural ability to resist disease or infection • resistance is low during the winter months. 3 physics in damped harmonic motion: the ratio of the frictional forces to the speed. 4 elec (symbol R) a measure of the extent to which a material or an electrical device opposes the flow of an electric current through it. See also ohm. 5 a measure of the extent to which a material opposes the flow of heat through it. Compare conductivity.6 a resistor. 7 (usually the Resistance) an underground organization fighting for the freedom of a country that has been occupied by an enemy force. resistant adj able to resist, withstand or remain unaffected or undamaged by something. Often in compounds • water-resistant. noun someone or something that resists. line of least resistance the easiest, but not necessarily the best, course of action.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French résistance.