Main entry: resistance, opposition
Definition: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Usage: he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens; despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
Main entry: resistance
Definition: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
Usage: the enemy offered little resistance
Main entry: resistance
Definition: group action in opposition to those in power
Main entry: resistance, resistor
Definition: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
Main entry: resistance
Definition: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
Main entry: resistance
Definition: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
Main entry: resistance, underground
Definition: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Main entry: resistance
Definition: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
Main entry: electric resistance, electrical resistance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance, impedance
Definition: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Main entry: resistance
Definition: the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
Usage: these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog
Main entry: resistance, immunity
Definition: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease