DICTOMETER

RESISTANCE

(resistance, resistencia, motstand)

1. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   • Opposition
   Definitions:
   • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
   Examples:
   • He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
   • Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Electric resistance
   • Electrical resistance
   • Impedance
   • Resistance
   • Resistivity
   • Ohmic resistance
   Definitions:
   • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
   • measured in ohms
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
   Examples:
   • The enemy offered little resistance
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Immunity
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
   Examples:
   • These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Underground
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Resistance
   Definitions:
   • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Resistor
    • Resistance
    Definitions:
    • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Resistance
    Definitions:
    • group action in opposition to those in power