resistance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

   I encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.

2. 2
   noun

   the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

   the enemy offered little resistance

3. 3
   noun

   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

4. 4
   noun

   The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

   widespread resistance to the new urban development plans

5. 5
   noun

   A resistor.

   In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]

6. 6
   noun

   An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

   Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.

7. 7
   noun

   group action in opposition to those in power

8. 8
   noun

   an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Etymology

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