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   resistance

   /rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. the refusal to accept or comply with something: "they displayed a narrow-minded resistance to change" Similar opposition tohostility toaversion torefusal to acceptunwillingness to acceptdisinclination to acceptreluctance to acceptlack of enthusiasm forOpposite acceptancereceptivity
   • ▪ the use of force or violence to oppose someone or something: "government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance" Similar oppositionfightbattlestandstruggleconfrontationdefianceOpposite submissionsurrender
   • ▪ a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country: "he went underground and joined the resistance" Similar undergroundfreedom fighterspartisansguerrillashistorical:Maquis
   • ▪ the underground movement formed in France during the Second World War to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government.
   • 2. the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely: "some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others"
   • ▪ lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change: "many insects show resistance to at least one chemical" Similar ability to fight offability to counteractability to withstandimmunity fromdefences againstresilience
   • 3. the impeding or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another: "air resistance was reduced by streamlining"
   • 4. the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.
   • ▪ a resistor or other circuit component which opposes the passage of an electric current.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’ (see resist).

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2. www.britannica.com › Resistance-and-resultsMahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence, Resistance, India | Britannica

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   3 days ago · Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence, Resistance, India: Gandhi was not the man to nurse a grudge. On the outbreak of the South African (Boer) War in 1899, he argued that the Indians, who claimed the full rights of citizenship in the British crown colony of Natal, were in duty bound to defend it.

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4. www.britannica.com › topic › power-political-andPower | Definition, Social Dynamics, Authority, Weber ...

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   3 days ago · According to Weber, “within a social relationship, power is any chance (regardless of the basis of this chance) to carry through one’s own will (even against resistance).” Weber’s broad definition encompasses various types of power, from persuasion to coercion.

5. www.britannica.com › place › FranceFrance - Resistance, WWII, Liberation | Britannica

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   2 days ago · The Resistance movement received an important infusion of strength in June 1941, when Hitler’s attack on the Soviet Union brought the French Communist Party into active participation in the anti-German struggle.

6. www.vedantu.com › question-answer › relationshipWhat is the relationship between resistance and conductance?

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   5 days ago · Hint: Resistance is the ability of any substance or solution to resist the flow of current through it while conductance is the ability of a conductor or solution to conduct current through it. Complete step by step solution :

7. www.jagranjosh.com › articles › ohms-law-definitionOhm’s Law: Definition, Statement, Application And Limitations

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   4 days ago · The main applications of Ohm’s law are as follows: To determine the voltage, current and resistance of an electric circuit. Ohm's law can be used to calculate the power dissipated in a circuit ...

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Antimicrobial_resistanceAntimicrobial resistance - Wikipedia

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   22 hours ago · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections). All classes of microbes can evolve resistance to the point that one or more drugs used to fight them are no longer effective.

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   Is resistance a form of power?

   • The Weberian conception of power as agency, or the capacity to impose one’s will (even in the face of resistance), although broad, does not address some dimensions of power. First, it treats resistance as a counterforce that is somehow not itself a form of power.

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   What is ResistanceOpen?

   • ResistanceOpen is an online global map of antimicrobial resistance developed by HealthMap which displays aggregated data on antimicrobial resistance from publicly available and user submitted data. The website can display data for a 25 miles (40 km) radius from a location.

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   What is clinical resistance?

   • Clinical resistance is shown through the failure of many therapeutic techniques where the bacteria that are normally susceptible to a treatment become resistant after surviving the outcome of the treatment.

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10. teachics.org › sensors-and-transducers › resistanceResistance Transducers: Basic Principle, Advantages ...

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    2 days ago · Resistance Transducers: Basic Principle, Advantages, Disadvantages and Examples. Resistance transducer is one of the simplest and important groups of transducers. These are transducers whose electrical resistance is varied in accordance with the input quantity (measurand).