RESISTANCES
Noun
resistances
plural of resistance
Source: Wiktionary
RESISTANCE
Re*sist"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr.
resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against
him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38.
2. (Physics)
Definition: The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that
power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure
of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the
resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of
a target to projectiles.
3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak.
4. (Elec.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition