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
- 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 (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
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