Unfold to us some warlike resistance.
Shak.
4. (Elec.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an
electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears
an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a
small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high
resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.
Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case
containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged
that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less
resistance. -- Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into
an electric circuit to increase the resistance. -- Solid of least
resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving
in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base,
height, and volume.
Re*sist"ant (-ant), a. [F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. See Resist.]
Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which, resists.
Bp. Pearson.
Re*sist"er (-?r), n. One who resists.
Re*sist"ful (-f?l), a. Making much resistance.
Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty (-?-b?l"?-t?), n.. 1. The quality of being
resistible; resistibleness.