Resistance
//ɹɪˈzɪstəns//
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Noun
The word "resistance" can be used as a noun.
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Lord's Resistance Army autoresistance axis of resistance corticoresistance cryoresistance line of least resistance multiresistance necroresistance nonresistance osmoresistance oxidoresistance path of least resistance pentaresistance piece de resistance pitting resistance equivalent number resistance arm resistance band resistance box resistance coil resistance distance resistance frame resistance thermometer resistance training resistanceless seroresistance
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Kapitza resistance action air resistance antibioresistance antiresistance arc resistance capability capacity chemoresistance collision resistance condition consumer resistance coresistance counterresistance cross resistance cross-resistance customer resistance cytoresistance deadness elastoresistance electrical device electrical phenomenon electrical resistance electroresistance group action heteroresistance hyperresistance immunoresistance impact resistance insulin resistance involuntariness irresistance magnetoresistance mechanical phenomenon military action monoresistance ohmic resistance ozone resistance panresistance pharmacoresistance photoresistance piezoresistance polyresistance pre-image resistance radiation resistance radioresistance revolutionary group rolling resistance sales resistance specific resistance status strong collision resistance tax resistance tear resistance thermoresistance thromboresistance tracking resistance transresistance unresistance unresponsiveness unwillingness
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