resistance

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/

Noun

resistance

1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

   Synonyms: opposition

   widespread resistance to the new urban development plans

   the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics

2. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
3. (physics) Electrical resistance.
4. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

Translations

• French: résistance
• German: Widerstand
• Italian: resistenza
• Portuguese: resistência
• Russian: сопротивле́ние
• Spanish: resistencia

Translations

• German: Widerstand
• Italian: resistenza
• Portuguese: resistência
• Russian: сопротивле́ние
• Spanish: resistencia

Translations

• French: résistance
• German: Widerstand
• Italian: resistenza
• Portuguese: resistência
• Russian: сопротивле́ние
• Spanish: resistencia

Translations

• French: résistance
• German: Widerstand
• Portuguese: resistência
• Russian: сопротивле́ние
• Spanish: resistencia

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