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What does resistance mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  2. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  4. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
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Forked story paths in the beginning allow you to choose between siding with the armed rebels in resistance or the Soviets in appeasement.
Some people have a strong resistance against the flu virus, while it caused others to die.
Clinical tests have shown this product works against lice that have developed resistance to standard lice shampoos.
The patented delay line detector features three pairs of low resistance wires wound around a hexagonal support.
People take a long time to die, accompanied by the cracking of bone, the resistance of gristle, dire last-gasp gurgles and rattles.
Despite low supplies and starvation, the French army put up stiff resistance for two months.

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