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Definition of resistance
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Resistance
(n.) A
certain
hindrance
or
opposition
to the
passage
of an
electrical
current
or
discharge
offered
by
conducting
bodies.
It bears an
inverse
relation
to the
conductivity,
-- good
conductors
having
a small
resistance,
while poor
conductors
or
insulators
have a very high
resistance.
The unit of
resistance
is the ohm..
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Contumacy
::
Contumacy
(n.)
Stubborn
perverseness;
pertinacious
resistance
to
authority.
Weight
::
Weight
(v. t.) The
resistance
against
which a
machine
acts, as
opposed
to the power which moves it..
Spurn
::
Spurn (v. i.) To
manifest
disdain
in
rejecting
anything;
to make
contemptuous
opposition
or
resistance.
Grievance
::
Grievance
(v. t.) A cause of
uneasiness
and
complaint;
a wrong done and
suffered;
that which gives
ground
for
remonstrance
or
resistance,
as
arising
from
injustice,
tyranny,
etc.;
injury..
Plasmid
::
Plasmid
(n.) A piece of DNA,
usually
circular,
functioning
as part of the
genetic
material
of a cell, not
integrated
with the
chromosome
and
replicating
independently
of the
chromosome,
but
transferred,
like the
chromosome,
to
subsequent
generations.
In
bacteria,
plasmids
often carry the genes for
antibiotic
resistance;
they are
exploited
in
genetic
engineering
as the
vehicles
for
introduction
of
extraneous
DNA into
cells,
to alter the
genetic
makeup
of the cell. The cells thus
altered
may produ
Antiperistasis
::
Antiperistasis
(n.)
Opposition
by which the
quality
opposed
asquires
strength;
resistance
or
reaction
roused
by
opposition
or by the
action
of an
opposite
principle
or
quality.
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..
Armament
::
Armament
(n.) Any
equipment
for
resistance.
Deforcement
::
Deforcement
(n.)
Resistance
to an
officer
in the
execution
of law.
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..
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a
revolving
axis, to act as a
fanner,
or to
equalize
or
impede
the
motion
of
machinery
by the
resistance
of the air, as in the
striking
part of a
clock..
Oppugnancy
::
Oppugnancy
(n.) The act of
oppugning;
opposition;
resistance.
Reaction
::
Reaction
(n.) An
action
induced
by vital
resistance
to some other
action;
depression
or
exhaustion
of vital force
consequent
on
overexertion
or
overstimulation;
heightened
activity
and
overaction
succeeding
depression
or
shock.
Megohm
::
Megohm
(n.) One of the
larger
measures
of
electrical
resistance,
amounting
to one
million
ohms..
Overtempt
::
Overtempt
(v. t.) To tempt
exceedingly,
or
beyond
the power of
resistance..
Key
::
Key (n.) A bar, pin or
wedge,
to
secure
a
crank,
pulley,
coupling,
etc., upon a
shaft,
and
prevent
relative
turning;
sometimes
holding
by
friction
alone,
but more
frequently
by its
resistance
to
shearing,
being
usually
embedded
partly
in the shaft and
partly
in the
crank,
pulley,
etc..
Elasticity
::
Elasticity
(n.) Power of
resistance
to, or
recovery
from,
depression
or
overwork..
Fixation
::
Fixation
(n.) A state of
resistance
to
evaporation
or
volatilization
by heat; -- said of
metals.
Forcible
::
Forcible
(a.) Using force
against
opposition
or
resistance;
obtained
by
compulsion;
effected
by
force;
as,
forcible
entry or
abduction..
Rebuff
::
Rebuff
(n.)
Repercussion,
or
beating
back; a quick and
sudden
resistance..
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