resistance
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4.2
- noun
- /rɪˈzɪstəns/
- Specialized
:
resistencia
- At any point along the way, the chain can be broken; resistance can halt momentum.
- rolling resistance
- frictional resistance
- resistance to motion
So you can think of mass as a resistance to having motion changed.
- So you can think of mass as a resistance to having motion changed.
- You just want to have a dry brush that has a little bit of resistance to it that's not too soft.
- So which takes longer, trip up or trip down with no air resistance?
- Without the wind, there's without resistance, they're they're going to be weak.
Examples
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The water's resistance against the swimmer made it harder for her to reach the finish line.
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So you can think of mass as a resistance to having motion changed.
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So to it will offer resistance to the change of its state of motion.
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Well, this I think causes air resistance to slow it down.
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Six days, ten hours, 27 minutes, give or take six minutes for wind resistance.
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Then I added some fins to lower wind resistance.
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The smaller nonspherical particles produce a higher resistance to flow when collected on a filter.
Academic text (1994) -
Transporting things under water is much more economical and offers much less resistance.
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The reason is that reduced rolling resistance translates into better fuel mileage.
Academic text (1995) -
Wind velocities over the ocean can be expected to be higher because frictional resistance is diminished.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
151
3.5
Force that stops two surfaces from sliding easily
A force that pushes against a moving object, like air or water, to slow it down
Compounds
3
5.6
A way to act against authority without violence, for example by refusing to cooperate
2
3.9
A way of opposing a government without using violence, for example by refusing to obey laws
- Specialized
1
3.9
The amount a material stops or slows the flow of electric current
A Palestinian political and armed group called Hamas that fights Israel and seeks to replace it with an Islamic state
A Spanish armed group that tried to overthrow the government to make a communist state
- Specialized
A device that measures very high temperatures by watching how electricity in a hot wire changes
- Specialized
A tool that measures temperature by how easily electricity passes through a metal wire
- Specialized
A measure of how much a part in an electrical circuit stops the flow of electricity, for example the ohm
- Specialized
A machine that heats things by passing electricity through a metal wire
- Specialized
How much a material stops electric current while voltage and current change together
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resistance comes from the Latin re- 'back' and sistere 'to stand', so in motion things like air or water 'stand against' a moving object and slow it down, which is why we call that force resistance.