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resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | resistor |
| Type of | electrical device |
| Has types | barretter, voltage divider, variable resistor, potential divider, ballast, ballast resistor, rheostat |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | underground |
| Type of | revolutionary group |
| Has types | maquis |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | opposition |
| Type of | action |
| Has types | anti-takeover defense, lockout, reaction |
he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | immunity |
| Type of | condition, status |
| Has types | innate immunity, immunogenicity, acquired immunity, natural immunity |
| Derivation | resistant |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity |
| Type of | electrical phenomenon |
| Has types | ohmage |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mechanical phenomenon |
| Has types | rubbing, friction, retarding force, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance, drag |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | group action |
| Has types | insubordination, confrontation, contravention, defiance, dispute, dissent, objection, obstructionism, opposition, protest, rebellion, rebelliousness, sales resistance |
| Derivation | resist, resistant |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | involuntariness, unwillingness |
| Derivation | resistant |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | capacity, capability |
these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog.
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deadness, unresponsiveness |
| Derivation | resistant |
resistance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | action, military action |
| Derivation | resist |
the enemy offered little resistance.
Examples of resistance
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Today, the Roundup-resistance trait is at the heart of Monsanto's seed business.
From the stltoday.com
Strikers marched across the bridge to St. Louis in a prairie fire of resistance.
From the stltoday.com
Russians were met with resistance from high-schoolers in his 1984 film Red Dawn.
From the usatoday.com
The index now may climb to the next level of resistance at 1,315, Stockton said.
From the bloomberg.com
I remember resistance from certain execs and remember smiling at the resistance.
From the businessweek.com
On the contrary, they often put up fierce resistance to the caregiver's efforts.
From the newsweek.com
Perhaps resistance to bilingual education is a vestige of that earlier attitude.
From the dailyherald.com
Resistance is frequently difficult, but a spot of book-editing keeps me upright.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Even their appearance symbolised a defiant resistance to any trace of modernity.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- 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"
- Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- Electric resistance: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- The military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
- Immunity: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- 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"
- The French Resistance (French: La Ru00E9sis) was the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy ru00E9gime during the Second World War...
- Resistance is an album from Christian hardcore band, Alove for Enemies' on Facedown Records album. The album was produced and engineered by Dean Baltulonis.
- "Resistance" is the fourth episode of the second season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 5, 2005.
