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 |
basal body temperature method of family planning basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
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 |
alcohol thermometer alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
Beckman thermometer | a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature |
candy thermometer | a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking |
Centigrade thermometer | a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade |
clinical thermometer mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer | a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body, graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
crystal detector | a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal, acts as a rectifier |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
detector | electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity |
detector demodulator | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave |
dry-bulb thermometer | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb, used to measure the air temperature |
Fahrenheit thermometer | a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit |
gas thermometer air thermometer | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume |
lie detector | a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying |
maximum and minimum thermometer | thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time |
meat thermometer | a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source), used to measure how well done the meat is |
mercury thermometer mercury-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
oven thermometer | a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven |
particle detector | a chamber in which particles can be made visible |
Reaumur thermometer | an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur |
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 |
reversing thermometer | a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters |
selfegistering thermometer | a thermometer that records the temperature automatically |
thermoelectric thermometer thermel electric thermometer | a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature |
thermometer | measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
trace detector | a screening device for traces of explosives, used at airline terminals |
wet-bulb thermometer | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin, used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
absolute temperature | temperature measured on the absolute scale |
Curie temperature Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |
room temperature | the normal temperature of room in which people live |
basal body temperature basal temperature | body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything |
body temperature blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
coldness cold low temperature frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
hotness heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a diseaseausing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillinesistant bacteria) |
temperature | the somatic sensation of cold or heat |