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# resistance

noun (resistance, resistances)

«resistance» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Resistance is fighting against something or refusing to accept it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#m1)
2. In science, a force that slows down a moving thing, like air resistance or water resistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#m2)
3. In electricity, how much a material makes it hard for current to flow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#m3)
4. The ability of the body to fight illness, or of a germ to survive medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in science lessons about forces: air resistance slows a parachute, water resistance slows a swimmer; streamlined shapes have less resistance. In electricity: wires have resistance. In history: the Resistance fought against invaders. Phrase: "the path of least resistance" = the easiest way.

### Examples

- Air resistance slows the parachute down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x1)
- Fish have streamlined bodies to reduce water resistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x2)
- Thin wires have more resistance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x3)
- The people put up resistance against the invaders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x4)
- Exercise builds your resistance to illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x5)
- Some germs have resistance to antibiotics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x6)
- Friction and air resistance are forces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x7)
- At length, after a great show of resistance, he fell heavily to the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/#x8)

### Note

Mostly uncountable. Verb: resist; adjective: resistant (water-resistant watch). In science, resistance acts in the opposite direction to the movement.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «resistance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resistance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/resistance.html) on Mova free.