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Definition of Resistance
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Resistance
The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. Related Definitions:
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Resistance Quotations
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. Samuel Butler Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. Friedrich Nietzsche After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. Mason Cooley The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Thomas Jefferson |
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Resistance Translations
resistance in Danish is modstand resistance in Dutch is tegenweer, tegenkanting, tegenstand resistance in German is Widerstand resistance in Italian is difesa resistance in Norwegian is motstand |
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