Meaning of resistance
Definition of resistance
(noun)
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
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"
(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"
a
secret
group
organized
to
overthrow
a
government
or
occupation
force
the
degree
of
unresponsiveness
of a disease-causing
microorganism
to antibiotics or
other
drugs (as in
penicillin-resistant
bacteria)
(psychiatry) an
unwillingness
to
bring
repressed
feelings
into
conscious
awareness
an
electrical
device
that resists the
flow
of
electrical
current
group
action
in
opposition
to those in
power
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