resist /ri-zistˈ/

1. To strive against, oppose
2. To withstand
3. To refuse
4. To hinder the action of
5. To be little affected by
6. To be distasteful to (Shakespeare)

To make opposition

A protective coating, esp one on parts of a textile to protect the blank areas of the design that is being printed, an acid-proof coating on parts of a metal plate, or a light-sensitive coating on a silicon wafer (also adjective)

resisˈtance noun

1. The act or power of resisting
2. Opposition
3. The body's ability to resist disease
4. (with cap) an organization of (armed) opposition to an occupying enemy force, esp that of the French in World War II (also resistance movement)
5. The opposition of a body to the motion of another
6. That property of a substance in virtue of which the passage of an electric current through it is accompanied with a dissipation of energy
7. An electrical resistor

resisˈtant noun

Someone or something that resists

1. (less usu resisˈtent) making resistance
2. (eg of parasites, germs, antibiotics, corrosion) withstanding adverse conditions

resisˈter noun

A person who resists

resistibilˈity noun

resisˈtible adjective

resisˈtibly adverb

resisˈtingly adverb

resisˈtive adjective

resisˈtively adverb

resistivˈity /rez-/ noun

1. Capacity for resisting
2. (also specific resistance) a property of a conducting material expressed as resistance multiplied by cross-sectional area over length

resistˈless adjective (archaic)

1. Irresistible
2. Unable to resist

resistˈlessly adverb

resistˈlessness noun

resistˈor noun

1. Anything that resists
2. A piece of apparatus used to offer electric resistance

resistance box noun

A box containing resistors

resistance coil noun

A coil of wire used to offer resistance to the passage of electricity

resistance movement see above.

resistance pyrometer or resistance thermometer noun

A device for measuring high temperatures by means of the variation in the electrical resistance of a wire as the temperature changes

resistance thermometry noun

Temperature measurement of this kind

resistance welding see under weld¹

consumer or market resistance

Unwillingness of consumers to buy marketed products (also sales resistance)

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