resistance
pronunciation
How to pronounce resistance in British English:
UK [rɪˈzɪstəns]
How to pronounce resistance in American English:
US [rɪˈzɪstəns]
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- Noun:
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- 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
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- 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
Word Origin
- resistance (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French resistance, earlier resistence, from Late Latin resistentia, from present participle stem of Latin resistere "make a stand against, oppose" (see resist). Meaning "organized covert opposition to an occupying or ruling power" [OED] is from 1939. Electromagnetic sense is from 1860. Path of least resistance is from 1825, originally a term in science and engineering.
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Example
- 1. Stop following the path of least resistance .
- 2. They have their ways of expressing resistance .
- 3. Antibiotic resistance has now become a costly and dangerous problem .
- 4. But this resistance is temporary .
- 5. Superconductors carry electricity with no loss to resistance .