opposed, resisting; immune to the effects of
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Resistant Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Resistant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who, or that which, resists.
One who, or that which, resists.
(a.)
Making resistance; resisting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutMaking resistance; resisting.
resistant
\re*sist"ant\ (-ant), a. [f. résistant: cf. l. resistens. see resist.] making resistance; resisting. -- n. one who, or that which, resists. pearson.
resistant
adj
1. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) [syn: immune]
2. incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
3. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority [syn: insubordinate, resistive]
4. incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" [syn: repellent]
similar words(8)
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
crease-resistant
run-resistant
wrinkle-resistant
ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
water-resistant
ketosis-resistant diabetes
Offering or tending to produce resistance.
Adjective
1. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
(synonym) immune
(similar) unsusceptible, insusceptible
2. incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
(similar) impervious, imperviable
3. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
(synonym) insubordinate, resistive
(similar) defiant, noncompliant
4. incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
(synonym) repellent
(similar) nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive
Resistant Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
The ability of a certain ballistic product or panel to withstand a threat.
Resistant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Resistance may refer to:
Physics
- Electrical resistance, a measure of the degree to which an object opposes an electric current through it
- Friction,
- Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow
- Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors
- Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock
- Thermal resistance, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance
- Thermal conductivity, how well heat is conducted through a substance
- Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design
- In materials science, the term is sometimes used for hardness
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