resistance

the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc. to another.

1. Also called ohmic resistance. a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat: equal to the voltage across the conductor divided by the current flowing in the conductor: usually measured in ohms.

Psychiatry. opposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness.

( often initial capital letter ) an underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered country to overthrow the occupying power, usually by acts of sabotage, guerrilla warfare, etc.

the resistance during the German occupation in World War II.

the capacity to withstand something, esp the body's natural capacity to withstand disease

1. the opposition to a flow of electric current through a circuit component, medium, or substance. It is the magnitude of the real part of the impedance and is measured in ohms R Compare reactance (sense 1)
2. ( as modifier ): resistance coupling, a resistance thermometer

any force that tends to retard or oppose motion: air resistance, wind resistance

(in psychoanalytical theory) the tendency of a person to prevent the translation of repressed thoughts and ideas from the unconscious to the conscious and esp to resist the analyst's attempt to bring this about

( physics ) the magnitude of the real part of the acoustic or mechanical impedance

line of least resistance, the easiest, but not necessarily the best or most honourable, course of action