resistance - definition of resistance


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English To Spanish - resistance

s. resistencia, aguante, oposición; reluctancia

English To French - resistance

n. résistance, opposition; obstacle; conductance, élément passif d'un circuit électrique (Electricité); résistance, opposition des habitants d'un pays à l' action d'un occupant; opposition des Français à l'action de l'occupant allemand et de l'occupation de Vichy durant la seconde guerre mondiale

English To German - resistance

n. Widerstand; Untergrund

English To Italian - resistance

s. resistenza; ostilità, opposizione; (fis.) resistenza di un conduttore alla corrente elettrica; organizzazione di opposizione politica clandestina

English To Portuguese - resistance

s. resistência; oposição; ilegalidade

English To Russian - resistance

с. сопротивление, противодействие, сопротивляемость, катушка сопротивления, резистор

English To Turkish - resistance

i. direnç, direnme, metanet, dayanma, dayanıklılık, karşı koyma, mukavemet, dayanma gücü, karşı çıkma, karşı gelme, tahammül, rezistans

English To Albanian - resistance

n. qëndresë, qëndrueshmëri, rezistencë

English To Dutch - resistance

zn. tegenstand; ondergrondse, illegale beweging

English To Greek - resistance

ουσ. αντίσταση, αντοχή

English To ChineseS - resistance

(名) 抵抗, 反抗; 抗性; 抵抗力; 耐性

English To ChineseT - resistance

(名) 抵抗, 反抗; 抗性; 抵抗力; 耐性

English To Japanese - resistance

(名) 抵抗; 反対; 抵抗器; 抵抗力

English To Korean - resistance

명. 저항, 반대; 전기저항(전기학); 지하 저항군

Definitions

noun: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with Example:He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.

noun: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance Example:The enemy offered little resistance.

noun: group action in opposition to those in power

noun: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

noun: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (

Dictionarist.com

Synonyms for resistance
1. fighting back: warding off, insubordination, insurgency
2. hindering: opposition, impeding, obstruction, blocking, hindrance, halting
3. durability: invulnerability, immunity, hardness, endurance, impenetrability, immovability