Dictionary

1. (

• resistance ,
• 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" ;

2. (

• resistance

) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion ;

3. (

• electric_resistance ,
• electrical_resistance ,
• impedance ,
• resistance ,
• resistivity ,
• ohmic_resistance

) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms ;

4. (

• resistance ,

) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" ;

5. (

• immunity ,
• resistance

) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease ;

6. (

• resistance ,

) 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" ;

7. (

• underground ,
• resistance

) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force ;

8. (

• resistance

) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) ;

9. (

• resistance ,

) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness ;

10. (

• resistor ,
• resistance

) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current ;

11. (

• resistance

) group action in opposition to those in power ;