Difference between revisions of "Resistance"
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| − | # | + | '''Resistance''' refers to:<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resistance</ref> |
| + | #the act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist. | ||
| + | #a [[force]] that tends to oppose or retard motion. | ||
| + | #an underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or [[totalitarian]] occupation. | ||
| + | #in the field of [[psychology]], a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences. | ||
| + | #in the field of [[biology]], | ||
| + | ##the capacity of an [[organism]] to defend itself against a [[disease]]. | ||
| + | ##the capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent. | ||
| + | #in the field of [[electricity]] ([[electrical resistance]]), the opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | [[category: dictionary]] | ||
Revision as of 04:11, September 21, 2008
Resistance refers to:[1]
- the act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
- a force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
- an underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
- in the field of psychology, a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.
- in the field of biology,
- in the field of electricity (electrical resistance), the opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.