Ability of a human, organism, or inert material to resist the damaging effects of chemical, microbiological, or mechanical agents.
The force to be overcome by a lever.
One’s conscious or unconscious psychological defense against bringing repressed (unconscious) thoughts into conscious awareness.
In weight lifting, the weight to be lifted or the work load.
The ability of a person not to get a disease.
The ability of bacteria or a virus to remain unaffected by a drug.
Opposition to a force.
Degree of immunity or resistance to a particular disease that the body possesses.
The degree of immunity that the body possesses: a measure of its ability to withstand disease.
In a medical context, resistance has several. meanings. The walls of blood vessels exert resistance to the flow of blood and this rises as the diameters of the vessels diminish. This in turn leads to a rise in blood pressure: the phenomenon may be physiological or pathological.
Opposition to a disease, a toxin, or to a physical force.
The APS, or the organism’s capacity to endure, resist, mitigate, or surmount the consequences of a noxious or disease-causing element, is a crucial determinant of its overall fitness and survival.
Resistance is a property of an electrical circuit that acts to impede or hinder the flow of electrons while dividing voltages. Intrinsic resistance, which restricts the electron flow, arises from four factors: (a) the material of the conductor, (b) the length of the conductor, (c) the cross section of the conductor, and (d) the temperature of the conductor. Copper is commonly used as a conductor material, although it possesses higher resistance compared to silver. However, copper is more cost-effective. As the length of the conductor increases, resistance likewise increases, particularly at the shorter end. Conversely, a larger cross-sectional area of the conductor results in lower resistance. Additional resistance can be introduced into the circuit by incorporating a resistor, thereby dividing the voltage.