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resistência — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • element noun A basic or essential part of something larger.
  • endurance noun The ability to keep going through hardship, effort, or pain over a long time.
  • resistance noun The act of opposing or fighting against something.
  • underground adjective Located beneath the surface of the ground.

Senses

resistência is used for these senses in English:

  • electrical resistance (physics) The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.
  • endurance The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
  • 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.

element — full definition

  1. noun A basic or essential part of something larger.
  2. noun In chemistry, a substance made of only one type of atom, which cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
  3. noun A small but noticeable amount of a quality, or a heating part inside an appliance.

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