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resistance   (TTS Sound)

The noun resistance has 11 senses

• 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")


• resistance -- (any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion)


• electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance -- (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)


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


• immunity, resistance -- ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)


• 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")


• underground, resistance -- (a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force)


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


• resistance -- ((psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness)


• resistor, resistance -- (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)


• resistance -- (group action in opposition to those in power)