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Definisjon av resistance

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Noun
resistance - group action in opposition to those in power
group action action taken by a group of people
confrontation, opposition a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison
sales resistance resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices
defiance a defiant act
contravention, dispute coming into conflict with
obstructionism deliberate interference
dissent, protest, objection a difference of opinion
rebellion organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
resistance - the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
opposition
action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
lockout a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
reaction doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
resistance - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
mechanical phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects
friction, rubbing effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
resistance - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
military action, action a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
resistance - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
involuntariness, unwillingness the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
resistance - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
unresponsiveness, deadness the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
bacteria, bacterium (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
resistance - 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"
resistance - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
immunity
status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
immunogenicity the property of eliciting an immune response
acquired immunity immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination
resistance - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
resistor
electrical device a device that produces or is powered by electricity
electric circuit, electrical circuit, circuit an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
ballast resistor, barretter, ballast a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
potential divider, voltage divider resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
resistance - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
electrical phenomenon a physical phenomenon involving electricity
resistance - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
underground
revolutionary group a political unit organized to promote revolution
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Substantiv
resistance - The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
resistance - A force that tends to oppose motion.
resistance - Shortened form of electrical resistance.
resistance - An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.

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  • resistance
    Physics: Measure of the degree to which an object (e. g. electronic part, wire) opposes the passage of an electric current.

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