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RESISTANCES

• RESISTANCE, the act or power of resisting [n]
• RESISTANCE [n]
• The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
• Armed or violent opposition
• A secret organization resisting authority, esp. in an occupied country
• The underground movement formed in France during World War II to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government
• The impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another
• The ability not to be affected by something, esp. adversely
• Lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., esp. as a result of continued exposure or genetic change
• The degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current
• A resistor or other circuit component that opposes the passage of an electric current

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