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Definition of resist
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Resist
(v. t.) To
strive
against;
to
endeavor
to
counteract,
defeat,
or
frustrate;
to act in
opposition
to; to
oppose..
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Slip
::
Slip (n.) The
motion
of the
center
of
resistance
of the float of a
paddle
wheel,
or the blade of an oar,
through
the water
horozontally,
or the
difference
between
a
vessel's
actual
speed and the speed which she would have if the
propelling
instrument
acted upon a
solid;
also, the
velocity,
relatively
to still
water,
of the
backward
current
of water
produced
by the
propeller..
Platinoid
::
Platinoid
(n.) An alloy of
German
silver
containing
tungsten;
-- used for
forming
electrical
resistance
coils and
standards.
Knurly
::
Knurly
(superl.)
Full of
knots;
hard;
tough;
hence,
capable
of
enduring
or
resisting
much..
Combat
::
Combat
(v. t.) To fight with; to
oppose
by
force,
argument,
etc.; to
contend
against;
to
resist..
Repel
::
Repel (v. t.) To
resist
or
oppose
effectually;
as, to repel an
assault,
an
encroachment,
or an
argument..
Platinum
::
Platinum
(n.) A
metallic
element,
intermediate
in value
between
silver
and gold,
occurring
native
or
alloyed
with other
metals,
also as the
platinum
arsenide
(sperrylite).
It is heavy
tin-white
metal which is
ductile
and
malleable,
but very
infusible,
and
characterized
by its
resistance
to
strong
chemical
reagents.
It is used for
crucibles,
for
stills
for
sulphuric
acid,
rarely
for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many
purposes.
Specific
gravity
21.5.
Atomic
weight
194.3.
Symbol
Pt. Fo
Resistant
::
Resistant
(a.)
Making
resistance;
resisting.
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) A heavy
wheel,
or cross arms with
weights
at the ends on a
revolving
axis, to
regulate
or
equalize
the
motion
of
machinery
by means of its
inertia,
where the power
communicated,
or the
resistance
to be
overcome,
is
variable,
as in the steam
engine
or the
coining
press.
See Fly wheel
(below)..
Attract
::
Attract
(v. t.) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to
approach,
adhere,
or
combine;
or to cause to
resist
divulsion,
separation,
or
decomposition..
Irresistibly
::
Irresistibly
(adv.)
In an
irrestible
manner.
Contumacy
::
Contumacy
(n.)
Stubborn
perverseness;
pertinacious
resistance
to
authority.
Countertime
::
Countertime
(n.) The
resistance
of a
horse,
that
interrupts
his
cadence
and the
measure
of his
manege,
occasioned
by a bad
horseman,
or the bad
temper
of the
horse..
Dispute
::
Dispute
(v. t.) To
struggle
against;
to
resist.
Microphone
::
Microphone
(n.) An
instrument
for
intensifying
and
making
audible
very
feeble
sounds.
It
produces
its
effects
by the
changes
of
intensity
in an
electric
current,
occasioned
by the
variations
in the
contact
resistance
of
conducting
bodies,
especially
of
imperfect
conductors,
under the
action
of
acoustic
vibrations..
React
::
React (v. i.) To
return
an
impulse
or
impression;
to
resist
the
action
of
another
body by an
opposite
force;
as, every body
reacts
on the body that
impels
it from its
natural
state..
Polarization
::
Polarization
(n.) An
effect
produced
upon the
plates
of a
voltaic
battery,
or the
electrodes
in an
electrolytic
cell, by the
deposition
upon them of the gases
liberated
by the
action
of the
current.
It is
chiefly
due to the
hydrogen,
and
results
in an
increase
of the
resistance,
and the
setting
up of an
opposing
electro-motive
force,
both of which tend
materially
to
weaken
the
current
of the
battery,
or that
passing
through
the
cell..
Rebuff
::
Rebuff
(v. t.) To beat back; to offer
sudden
resistance
to; to
check;
to repel or
repulse
violently,
harshly,
or
uncourteously..
Proof
::
Proof (a.) Firm or
successful
in
resisting;
as, proof
against
harm;
waterproof;
bombproof..
Fascinate
::
Fascinate
(v. t.) To
excite
and
allure
irresistibly
or
powerfully;
to
charm;
to
captivate,
as by
physical
or
mental
charms..
Countertime
::
Countertime
(n.)
Resistance;
opposition.
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