resistance Definition

resistance
noun

1. The act or process of resisting.

Thesaurus: defiance, opposition, struggle, withstanding, defence, battle, combat, counteraction, rebuff, obstruction; Antonym: acceptance, submission.
2. The ability to, or degree to which, something damaging can be withstood, especially the body's natural ability to resist disease or infection.

Example: resistance is low during the winter months
3. physics.
In damped harmonic motion: the ratio of the frictional forces to the speed.
4. elec.
(symbol R) a measure of the extent to which a material or an electrical device opposes the flow of an electric current through it. See also ohm.
5. A measure of the extent to which a material opposes the flow of heat through it. Compare conductivity.
6. A resistor.
7. An underground organization fighting for the freedom of a country that has been occupied by an enemy force.

Form: the Resistance (usually)

Derivative: resistant
adj

Able to resist, withstand or remain unaffected or undamaged by something. Often in compounds.
Example: water-resistant
Thesaurus: impervious, strong, tough.

noun

Someone or something that resists.

Idiom: line of least resistance

The easiest, but not necessarily the best, course of action.

Etymology: 14c: from French résistance.