Resistance - Definition

n 1: 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" [syn: resistance,
opposition]
2: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
3: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current;
measured in ohms [syn: electric resistance, electrical
resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic
resistance]
4: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the
enemy offered little resistance"
5: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist
disease [syn: immunity, resistance]
6: 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"
7: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or
occupation force [syn: underground, resistance]
8: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing
microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in
penicillin-resistant bacteria)
9: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings
into conscious awareness
10: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical
current [syn: resistor, resistance]
11: group action in opposition to those in power