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resistance
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[in military] the military action of resisting the enemy's advance |
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resistance, immunity
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[in medicine] the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
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resistance
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group action in opposition to those in power |
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opposition, resistance
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the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
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resistance, electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
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a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms |
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resistance, underground
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a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
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resistance
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[in psychiatry] an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
11503644-n
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resistance
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any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
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resistance
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the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents |
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resistance
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[in bacteria] the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
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resistor, resistance
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an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |