English Explanatory Dictionary

resistance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  2. A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. Electrical resistance.
  4. A resistor.
  5. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ en-us-resistance.ogg

Word forms

resistance resistances resistaunce resistence

Etymology

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

Synonyms

opposition

Derived words

autoresistance axis of resistance corticoresistance cryoresistance line of least resistance Lord's Resistance Army multiresistance necroresistance nonresistance osmoresistance oxidoresistance path of least resistance pentaresistance piece de resistance pitting resistance equivalent number resistance arm resistance band resistance box resistance coil resistance distance resistance frame resistanceless resistance thermometer resistance training seroresistance
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