Phrase Hound found 47 phrases and 36 compound words that contain resistance. The most common are listed below. Open resistance in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 47
- Axis of ResistanceAlternative letter-case form of axis of resistance.
- insulin resistanceA pathological condition in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin; it is a form of, component of, and/or precursor of prediabetes (depending on nosologic viewpoint).
- air resistanceforce on an object directed against its direction of movement through air
- Drug-resistance
- electrical resistanceThe opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.
- resistance bandA long piece of material of varying grades of tenacity used to produce targeted tension for a muscle workout.
- Antibiotic-resistance
- Corrosion resistance
- rolling resistanceThe force that resists the rolling of a wheel or other round object.
- tax resistanceRefusal to pay taxes as a form of political protest against the government or its policies.
- path of least resistanceThe easiest way to do something.
- cross-resistanceThe tolerance to a usually toxic substance stimulated by former exposure to a structurally similar substance.
- non-resistanceAlternative form of nonresistance: Lack of resistance; not actively resisting.
- sales resistanceA general reluctance on the part of a potential buyer to buying a product (as opposed to a specific, legitimate, concern or objection).
- passive resistancenoncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting, peaceful demonstration, or refusal to cooperate
- consumer resistanceA resistance on the part of consumers toward adopting or using a particular product.
- impact resistanceThe characteristic of resistance to fracture under the sudden application of force.
- resistance distanceIn classical mechanics, the distance from the resistance (on a lever) to the fulcrum.
- resistance trainingSynonym of strength training: A form of exercise in which the goal is to increase the strength of muscles through low numbers of repetitions of an exercise performed with high resistance.
- specific resistanceResistivity.
- massive resistanceA political strategy aimed at getting Virginia officials to pass laws and policies preventing public school desegregation, particularly after Brown v. Board of Education.
- resistance armThe part of a lever between the load and the fulcrum.
- radiation resistanceThat part of an antenna's feedpoint electrical resistance caused by the emission of radio waves from the antenna.
- line of least resistanceSynonym of path of least resistance: The easiest way to do something.
- tear resistanceThe resistance level of a material that can withstand the effect of cracking or tearing.
Compound words 36
- unresistanceLack of resistance; [[passive#Adjective|]] submission.
- pharmacoresistanceThe condition of being pharmacoresistant
- thermoresistanceresistance to heat
- antiresistanceOpposing or countering a political resistance movement.
- chemoresistanceThe resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound.
- cytoresistancecellular resistance to injury
- elastoresistanceA change in electrical resistance as a result of elastic deformation
- hyperresistanceEnhanced resistance
- monoresistanceresistance to a single antibiotic
- polyresistanceThe quality of being polyresistant.