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 |
barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
crash barrier | a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
movable barrier | a barrier that can be moved to allow passage |
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 |
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) |
barrier roadblock | any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective, intolerance is a barrier to understanding |
ideological barrier | a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies |
language barrier | barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages |
trade barrier import barrier | any regulation or policy that restricts international trade |
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 |
barrier | anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access |
barrier island | a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore |
barrier reef | a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore |
blood-brain barrier | a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood, serves to protect the central nervous system, the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier |
Great Barrier Reef | the largest coral reef in the world, in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia |
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 |
sonic barrier sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
resistance unit | the reciprocal of conductance |
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 |