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- Definition
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- resistance :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 :the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
- the enemy offered little resistance
- resistance :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 :any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- resistance :a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- resistance :(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- resistance :a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- resistance :the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)