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re·sis·tance  (r-zstns)
n.
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.

re·sistant adj.

resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt]
adj
1. characterized by or showing resistance; resisting
2.
a.  impervious to the action of corrosive substances, heat, etc a highly resistant surface
b.  (in combination) a heat-resistant surface
n
a person or thing that resists
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.resistant - relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to
2.resistant - able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
3.resistant - impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
imperviable, impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
4.resistant - disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
5.resistant - incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive - not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)

resistant
adjective
1. opposed, hostile, dissident, unwilling, defiant, intractable, combative, recalcitrant, antagonistic, intransigent Some people are resistant to the idea of exercise.
2. impervious, hard, strong, tough, unaffected, unyielding, insusceptible The body may be less resistant if it is cold.
Translations
resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] ADJresistente (to a)
resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] adj
(= hostile) resistant to sth [+ change] → résistant(e) à qch; [+ idea, proposal] → réfractaire à qch
(= unaffected) resistant to sth [+ wear, antibiotics, disease, infection] → résistant(e) à qch
resistant
adj material, surfacestrapazierfähig; (Med) → immun (to gegen)
resistant [rɪˈzɪstnt] adj resistant (to)resistente (a)
resistant [rɪˈzɪstnt] adj resistant (to)resistente (a)


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She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.
I survived, through no personal virtue, but because I did not have the chemistry of a dipsomaniac and because I possessed an organism unusually resistant to the ravages of John Barleycorn.
The animal's body was as level as if every hoof-stroke encountered the resistant earth.
 
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