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Vinony

resistance

noun

  1. oppositional behavior when an individual's unconscious defenses of the ego are threatened by an external source
  2. the ability of a military unit to continue to oppose an attack
  3. opposition to movement of electrical charge
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/

noun

Etymology: From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.

  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.”