eng: resistance

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Meaning
means	(noun) 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, opposition
means	(noun) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion resistance
means	(noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms electrical resistance, resistivity, resistance, ohmic resistance, electric resistance, impedance
means	(noun) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" resistance
means	(noun) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease resistance, immunity
means	(noun) 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" resistance
means	(noun) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force underground, resistance
means	(noun) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) resistance
means	(noun) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness resistance
means	(noun) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current resistance, resistor
means	(noun) group action in opposition to those in power resistance