resistance

  • 81resistance — See: LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 82resistance — See: LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 83Resistance — Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are resistant to treatment with antibiotics. * * * 1. A force exerted in opposition to an active force. 2. The opposition in a conductor to the… …

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  • 84Resistance — Re|sistance [risịßtens; aus engl. resistance = Widerstand] w; , s [...ßis]: Widerstand des Brustkorbs gegen die bronchiale Blutströmung (gemessen in cm H2O/l/s) …

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  • 85Résistance — Ré|sis|tance [rezis tã:s] die; <aus fr. résistance »Widerstand« zu résister »widerstehen«, dies aus lat. resistere, vgl. ↑resistieren>: 1. Gruppe der konservativen franz. Parteien im 19. Jh. 2. franz. Widerstandsbewegung gegen die deutsche …

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  • 86resistance — See: line of least resistance …

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  • 87resistance —    any dissent or divergence from the standards of an autocracy    Those Germans who were not Nazis were deemed to be against them and so characterized, without having to emulate the courage of the Poles, Dutch, and other nationals living under… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 88Resistance — /rəˈzɪstəns/ (say ruh zistuhns) noun the, 1. a secret organisation in an enemy occupied country working to maintain hostilities unofficially after a formal capitulation, especially that in France during World War II. 2. the period during which… …

  • 89resistance — /rəˈzɪstəns / (say ruh zistuhns) noun 1. the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding. 2. the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another. 3. Electricity a. the property of a device which opposes the flow of an electric… …

  • 90résistance — varžas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. resistor vok. Resistor, m; Widerstand, m rus. резистор, m pranc. résistance, f ryšiai: sinonimas – rezistorius …

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