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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

  1. noun The act of opposing or fighting against something.
  2. noun The degree to which a material or circuit opposes the flow of electric current.

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