resistance

re·sis·tance   (rĭ-zĭs'təns)    n.   The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion. often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation. Psychology A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences. Biology The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease. The capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent. Electricity The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy. re·sis'tant adj.

resistance

In electricity, a measurement of the difficulty encountered by a power source in forcing electric current through an electrical circuit, and hence the amount of power dissipated in the circuit. Resistance is measured in ohms.

resistance

An increased supply of a security. Compare support.

Main Entry: re·sis·tance
Pronunciation: ri-'zis-t&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 a : power or capacity to resist; especially : the inherent ability of an organism to resist harmful influences (as disease, toxic agents, or infection) b : the capacity of a species or strain of microorganism to surviveexposure to a toxic agent (as a drug) formerly effective against it due to genetic mutation and selection for and accumulation of genes conferring protection from the agent especially as a result ofoveruse of the agent which selectively destroys individual microorganisms lacking the protective genes
2 : the opposition offered by a body to the passage through it of a steadyelectric current
3 : a psychological defense mechanism wherein a psychoanalysis patient rejects, denies, or otherwise opposes therapeutic efforts by the analyst

resistance re·sis·tance (rĭ-zĭs'təns)
n.

1. The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease.

2. The capacity of an organism, a tissue, or a cell to withstand the effects of a harmful physical or environmental agent.

3. The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.

4. In psychoanalysis, a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of repressed unpleasant experiences.

resistance

see least resistance.