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resistance
UK /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ US /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics
2
A force that tends to oppose motion.
3
Electrical resistance.
4
A resistor.
In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]
5
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.
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