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Definition of resistance

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Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..

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Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

Mutiny :: Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination..

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

Resistant :: Resistant (a.) Making resistance; resisting.

Renitency :: Renitency (n.) The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.

Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..

Rheostat :: Rheostat (n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will..

Colluctancy :: Colluctancy (n.) A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.

Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Diathermometer :: Diathermometer (n.) An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids.

Submit :: Submit (v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.

Resisting :: Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium..

Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return..

Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork..

Arm :: Arm (v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense..

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Armament :: Armament (n.) Any equipment for resistance.

Governor :: Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable..