Resistance

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Resistance may refer to:

In physics:

• Electrical resistance, the degree to which a passing electric current is dissipated into heat
• Friction, the force that opposes (relative) motion
  • Drag (physics) ("Air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow
• Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors
  • Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock
• Thermal resistance, a measure of how poorly temperature conducts through a substance
  • Thermal conductivity, how well temperature conducts through a substance
  • Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design

In biology:

• Drug resistance
  • Antibiotic resistance, the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of antibiotics
  • Resistance to antiviral drugs, the ability of a population of viruses to withstand the effects of an antiviral drug.
• Immune system, the system in organisms that provides disease resistance
  • Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables
• Pesticide resistance, resistance of insects, weeds, rodents, and other "pests" to improperly used pesticides
• Systemic acquired resistance, a response in plants that occurs following exposure to a pathogen

In psychology

• Psychological Resistance The act of defending one's position in response to confrontation

In politics and the military:

• Resistance movement, a group trying to thwart foreign occupation
  • Resistance during World War II
• Resistance (socialist youth organisation), an Australian Marxist organisation
• Draft resistance, organized or personal opposition to military conscription.
• HMS Resistance, a British Navy battleship from 1859-1940
• Resistance (military) is the ability of an organized force to stand on the defensive.

In television:

• Resistance (V TV series), a group of humans opposing an alien takeover in the V television series
• "Resistance" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series
• "Resistance" (Voyager episode), the 28th episode of Star Trek: Voyager

Resistance can also refer to:

• Resistance (technical analysis), a price level in security trading that, if reached, activates many sell triggers
• Resistance welding, a group of welding processes
• Resistance Records, a white power music label
• Resistance (Burning Spear album), 1986 album
• Resistance: Fall of Man, a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3

See also

• Resilience
• Resistor

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