Talk:Resistant

This page should not be redirected to electrical resistance.

It is being used on the Main page:

"It also shows that the irreligious and the members of more liberal Protestant denominations, far from being resistant to superstition, tend to be much more likely to believe in the paranormal and in pseudoscience than evangelical Christians." --DeanS^talk 23:28, 20 September 2008 (EDT)

Sorry for the bad redirect. But then maybe Resistance should also not redirect to electrical resistance? -Foxtrot 23:34, 20 September 2008 (EDT)

I guess that was my fault. I was just fixing the double redirect. Sorry for any confusion! LiamG 23:38, 20 September 2008 (EDT)

Your fix is much better LiamG. --DeanS^talk 00:26, 21 September 2008 (EDT)

Thanks, LiamG -Foxtrot 00:29, 21 September 2008 (EDT)

Thanks for the thanks! LiamG 15:11, 21 September 2008 (EDT)

Foxtrot, I agree that resistance should not be a redirect to electrical resistance either. It should be a disambiguation page.

Here are the meanings from thefreedictionary.com/:

1. The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
2. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
3. often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
4. Psychology A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.
5. Biology

a. The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease.

b. The capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent.

6. Electricity 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.

It also says re·sistant adj., so resistant should redirect to resistance. --DeanS^talk 23:54, 20 September 2008 (EDT)