resistance

re|sis|tance [ rı`zıstəns ] noun ***

▸ 1 not being affected

▸ 2 refusal of something new

▸ 3 opposition to someone/something

▸ 4 force slowing something moving

▸ 5 stopping electric flow

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) singular or uncount resistance to the ability not to be affected or harmed by something, especially a disease or a drug:

Vitamin A helps build resistance to infection.

Cancer cells can develop a resistance to certain drugs.

a ) uncount the ability of an object not to be affected or harmed by wind, water, heat, etc.:

The boots showed high water resistance when tested.

2. ) singular or uncount the refusal to accept something new such as a plan, idea, or change:

meet (with)/face/encounter resistance: This proposal is meeting some resistance at the U.N.'s headquarters.

3. ) singular or uncount opposition to someone or something, especially a political or military opponent:

The government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any political resistance.

a ) singular a secret organization that fights against the group that controls their country

4. ) uncount a force that slows down a moving object:

air/wind resistance

5. ) uncount SCIENCE the ability of something to stop the flow of electricity

the line/path of least resistance

the way of doing something that causes the fewest problems:

We took the path of least resistance by quickly agreeing to the plan.