resistance
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
The English word “resistance” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- A force that tends to oppose motion.
- Electrical resistance.
- A resistor.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
Etymology
From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.
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