resistance : Idioms & Phrases

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acoustic resistance

  • noun opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
    acoustic reactance; acoustic impedance.
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electric resistance

  • noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
    resistivity; electric resistance; resistance; impedance; electrical resistance.
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electrical resistance

  • noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
    resistivity; electric resistance; resistance; impedance; electrical resistance.
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first of october antifascist resistance group

  • noun an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime
    GRAPO.
    • GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States
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islamic resistance movement

  • noun a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
    Hamas.
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least resistance

  • noun the least effortful way to do something
    least effort.
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line of least resistance

  • noun the easiest way
    line of least resistance.
    • In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance
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lord's resistance army

  • noun a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army
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nonviolent resistance

  • noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
    nonviolence; nonviolent resistance.
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ohmic resistance

  • noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
    resistivity; electric resistance; resistance; impedance; electrical resistance.
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passive resistance

  • noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
    nonviolence; nonviolent resistance.
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path of least resistance

  • noun the easiest way
    line of least resistance.
    • In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance
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piece de resistance

  • noun the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
    showpiece; collector's item.
  • noun the most important dish of a meal
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Resistance box

  • (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance.
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Resistance coil

  • (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance.
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resistance pyrometer

  • noun pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire
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resistance thermometer

  • noun thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire
    platinum thermometer.
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resistance unit

  • noun the reciprocal of conductance
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sales resistance

  • noun resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices
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Skin friction, Skin resistance

  • (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel.
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Solid of least resistance

  • (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.
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Unit of resistance

  • . (Elec.) See Resistance, n., 4, and Ohm.
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