resistance opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with, he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens, despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead |
line of least resistance path of least resistance | the easiest way, In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance |
least effort least resistance | the least effortful way to do something |
resistance | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance, the enemy offered little resistance |
resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices |
passive resistance nonviolent resistance nonviolence | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
resistance pyrometer | pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire |
resistance thermometer platinum thermometer | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire |
resistor resistance | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
solar thermal system | a system that converts sunlight into heat |
thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat |
thermal reactor | a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator |
thermistor thermal resistor | a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature, can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit |
resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
thermal barrier heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a diseaseausing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillinesistant bacteria) |
piece de resistance | the most important dish of a meal |
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group GRAPO | 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 is vehemently opposed to the United States |
Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement | 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 |
Lord's Resistance Army | a quasieligious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army |
underground resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
resistance | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
electric resistance electrical resistance impedance resistance resistivity ohmic resistance | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms |
acoustic resistance acoustic impedance acoustic reactance | 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 |
thermal | rising current of warm air |
thermionic emission thermal emission | the emission of electrons from very hot substances |
resistance unit | the reciprocal of conductance |
British thermal unit BTU B.Th.U. | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure, equivalent to . calories |
thermal equilibrium | a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature |
thermal pollution | harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them |
resistance | the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents, these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog |
immunity resistance | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
thermal | caused by or designed to retain heat, a thermal burn, thermal underwear |
thermal | of or relating to a hot spring, thermal water |
thermal thermic caloric | relating to or associated with heat, thermal movements of molecules, thermal capacity, thermic energy, the caloric effect of sunlight |