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What does resistance mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word resistance? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  2. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  4. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
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People take a long time to die, accompanied by the cracking of bone, the resistance of gristle, dire last-gasp gurgles and rattles.
Forked story paths in the beginning allow you to choose between siding with the armed rebels in resistance or the Soviets in appeasement.
Individual cells were cloned into drops of medium and grown for 3 days prior to screening for drug resistance as described above.
Clinical tests have shown this product works against lice that have developed resistance to standard lice shampoos.
We have no complaints about the keyboard's resistance and hub, but when typing fast, there is a rattling sound.
Furthermore, animal keepers have been ordered to add herbal medicines to their animals food and water to build up their resistance to the heat.

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