résistance — meaning in English
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English meaning
- durability noun The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
- resistance noun The act of opposing or fighting against something.
- resistor noun One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
- stamina noun The physical or mental energy needed to keep doing something demanding over a long time.
- underground adjective Located beneath the surface of the ground.
Senses
résistance is used for these senses in English:
- durability The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
- resistor (electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
- stamina The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
- underground (with, _, definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
- underground (with, _, definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
resistance — full definition
- noun The act of opposing or fighting against something.
- noun The degree to which a material or circuit opposes the flow of electric current.