| resist | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
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| resist | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current |
| resist | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
| resist | pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire |
| resist | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire |
| resist | the reciprocal of conductance |
| resist | incapable of absorbing or mixing with |
| resist | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority |
| resist | incapable of being affected |
| resist | relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) |
| resist | someone who offers opposition |
| resist | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |