1. resistance(n = noun.act) opposition - 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"
is a kind of action
has particulars: lockout, reaction, anti-takeover defense
2. resistance(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion; Array
is a kind of mechanical phenomenon
has particulars: friction, rubbing, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance, drag, retarding force
3. resistance(n = noun.phenomenon) electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms; Array
is a kind of electrical phenomenon
has particulars: ohmage
4. resistance(n = noun.act) Array - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
is a kind of action, military action
Derived form verb resist2
5. resistance(n = noun.state) immunity - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease; Array
is a kind of condition, status
has particulars: immunogenicity, acquired immunity, innate immunity, natural immunity
Derived form adjective resistant1
6. resistance(n = noun.state) Array - 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"
is a kind of capability, capacity
7. resistance(n = noun.group) underground - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force; Array
is a kind of revolutionary group
has particulars: maquis
8. resistance(n = noun.attribute) Array - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria); Array
is a kind of deadness, unresponsiveness
Derived form adjective resistant1
9. resistance(n = noun.attribute) Array - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness; Array
is a kind of involuntariness, unwillingness
Derived form adjective resistant3
10. resistance(n = noun.artifact) resistor - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current; Array
is a kind of electrical device
is a part of circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit
has particulars: ballast, ballast resistor, barretter, potential divider, voltage divider, rheostat, variable resistor
11. resistance(n = noun.act) Array - group action in opposition to those in power; Array
is a kind of group action
has particulars: confrontation, opposition, sales resistance, defiance, contravention, dispute, obstructionism, dissent, objection, protest, rebellion, insubordination, rebelliousness
Derived forms verb resist6, adjective resistant4
1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. [1913 Webster]
"When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces." [1913 Webster]
2. The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. [1913 Webster]
3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. [1913 Webster]
"Unfold to us some warlike resistance." [1913 Webster]
4. A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. [1913 Webster]
resistance, n.
1 the act or an instance of resisting; refusal to comply.
2 the power of resisting (showed resistance to wear and tear).
3 Biol. the ability to withstand adverse conditions.
4 the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another.
5 Physics a the property of hindering the conduction of electricity, heat, etc. b the measure of this in a body.
Usage:
Symb.: R.
6 a resistor.
7 (in full resistance movement) a secret organization resisting authority, esp. in an occupied country.
Etymology:
ME f. F r{eacute}sistance, r{eacute}sistence f. LL resistentia (as RESIST)
N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.
N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.
N resistance, stand, front, oppugnation, oppugnancy, opposition, renitence, renitency, reluctation, recalcitration, kicking, repulse, rebuff, insurrection, strike, turn out, lock out, barring out, levee en masse, Jacquerie, riot, resisting, resistive, resistant, refractory, recalcitrant, renitent, up in arms, repulsive, repellant, proof against, unconquerable, stubborn, unconquered, indomitable, unyielding, Int, hands off!, keep off!.
N counteraction, opposition, contrariety, antagonism, polarity, clashing, collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction, reaction, retroaction, counterblast, neutralization, vis inertiae, check, voluntary opposition &c, voluntary resistance, repression, opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety), counteracting, antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary, contrary, although, in spite of, against, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.
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