resistance

  • 41resistance */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns] / US [rɪˈzɪstəns] noun 1) a) [singular/uncountable] the ability not to be affected or harmed by something, especially a disease or a drug resistance to: Vitamin C helps build resistance to infection. Tumour cells can develop a… …

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  • 42Resistance —    When the opportunity presented itself, Jews resisted the Germans. The many acts of defiance, however, did not prevent the annihilation of the bulk of European Jewry. Yet there is a record of thousands of Jews who in different situations… …

    Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

  • 43Résistance —          ALAIN (Émile Auguste Chartier, dit)     Bio express : Philosophe et essayiste français (1868 1951)     «Résistance et obéissance, voilà les deux vertus du citoyen. Par l obéissance il assure l ordre ; par la résistance il assure la… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 44Resistance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resistance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resistance resistance stand front oppugnation Sgm: N 1 oppugnancy oppugnancy Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition &c. 708 Sgm: N 1 renitence renitence …

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  • 45Resistance —   The inherent characteristic of a material to inhibit the transfer of energy. In electrical conductors, electrical resistance results in the generation of heat. Electrical resistance is measured in Ohms. The heat transfer resistance properties… …

    Energy terms

  • 46Resistance —    The Anschluss of 1938 had great support in Austria from circles that normally had strong ideological differences with one another, such as elements of the Catholic church and the Social Democratic Workers’ Party. Some members of the former… …

    Historical dictionary of Austria

  • 47resistance*/*/ — [rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns] noun 1) [singular/U] the ability not to be affected or harmed by something water resistance[/ex] Vitamin A helps build resistance to infection.[/ex] 2) [singular/U] a refusal to accept something political resistance[/ex] This… …

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  • 48resistance — aktyvioji varža statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. active resistance; real resistance; resistance vok. reeller Widerstand, m; Resistanz, f; Wirkwiderstand, m rus. активное сопротивление, n pranc. résistance, f; résistance active, f;… …

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  • 49résistance — aktyvioji varža statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. active resistance; real resistance; resistance vok. reeller Widerstand, m; Resistanz, f; Wirkwiderstand, m rus. активное сопротивление, n pranc. résistance, f; résistance active, f;… …

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  • 50Résistance — Widerstand; Untergrundkampf; Freiheitskampf; Partisanenkrieg * * * Ré|sis|tance 〈[ rezistã:s] f. 19; unz.〉 frz. Widerstandsbewegung im 2. Weltkrieg [frz., „Widerstand“] * * * Ré|sis|tance [rezɪs tã:s ], die; [frz. (la) Résista …

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