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Definition of resist
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of resist is as below...
Resist
(n.) A
substance
used to
prevent
a color or
mordant
from
fixing
on those parts to which it has been
applied,
either
by
acting
machanically
in
preventing
the
color,
etc., from
reaching
the
cloth,
or
chemically
in
changing
the color so as to
render
it
incapable
of
fixing
itself
in the
fibers..
The
pastes
prepared
for this
purpose
are
called
resist
pastes..
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Ftiction
::
Ftiction
(n.) The
resistance
which a body meets with from the
surface
on which it
moves.
It may be
resistance
to
sliding
motion,
or to
rolling
motion..
Grievance
::
Grievance
(v. t.) A cause of
uneasiness
and
complaint;
a wrong done and
suffered;
that which gives
ground
for
remonstrance
or
resistance,
as
arising
from
injustice,
tyranny,
etc.;
injury..
Adverse
::
Adverse
(v. t.) To
oppose;
to
resist.
Thaumatrope
::
Thaumatrope
(n.) An
optical
instrument
or toy for
showing
the
presistence
of an
impression
upon the eyes after the
luminous
object
is
withdrawn.
Colluctancy
::
Colluctancy
(n.) A
struggling
to
resist;
a
striving
against;
resistance;
opposition
of
nature.
Surfeit
::
Surfboat
(n.) A boat
intended
for use in heavy surf. It is built with a
pronounced
sheer,
and with a view to
resist
the shock of waves and of
contact
with the
beach..
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)..
Irresistible
::
Irresistible
(a.) That can not be
successfully
resisted
or
opposed;
superior
to
opposition;
resistless;
overpowering;
as, an
irresistible
attraction..
Live-forever
::
Live-forever
(n.) A plant
(Sedum
Telephium)
with
fleshy
leaves,
which has
extreme
powers
of
resisting
drought;
garden
ox-pine..
Resistance
::
Resistance
(n.) 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..
Seaboat
::
Seaboat
() A boat or
vessel
adapted
to the open sea;
hence,
a
vessel
considered
with
reference
to her power of
resisting
a
storm,
or
maintaining
herself
in a heavy sea; as, a good sea
boat..
Defeat
::
Defeat
(v. t.) To
resist
with
success;
as, to
defeat
an
assault..
Aluminium
::
Aluminium
(n.) The
metallic
base of
alumina.
This metal is
white,
but with a
bluish
tinge,
and is
remarkable
for its
resistance
to
oxidation,
and for its
lightness,
having
a
specific
gravity
of about 2.6.
Atomic
weight
27.08.
Symbol
Al..
Square
::
Square
(n.) A body of
troops
formed
in a
square,
esp. one
formed
to
resist
a
charge
of
cavalry;
a
squadron..
Whiteboy
::
Whiteboy
(a.) One of an
association
of poor Roman
catholics
which arose in
Ireland
about 1760,
ostensibly
to
resist
the
collection
of
tithes,
the
members
of which were so
called
from the white
shirts
they wore in their
nocturnal
raids..
Volt
::
Volt (n.) The unit of
electro-motive
force;
--
defined
by the
International
Electrical
Congress
in 1893 and by
United
States
Statute
as, that
electro-motive
force which
steadily
applied
to a
conductor
whose
resistance
is one ohm will
produce
a
current
of one
ampere.
It is
practically
equivalent
to / the
electro-motive
force of a
standard
Clark's
cell at a
temperature
of 15? C..
Dovetail
::
Dovetail
(n.) A
flaring
tenon,
or
tongue
(shaped
like a
bird's
tail
spread),
and a
mortise,
or
socket,
into which it fits
tightly,
making
an
interlocking
joint
between
two
pieces
which
resists
pulling
a part in all
directions
except
one..
Controlment
::
Controlment
(n.)
Opposition;
resistance;
hostility.
Destiny
::
Destiny
(n.) The fixed order of
things;
invincible
necessity;
fate; a
resistless
power or
agency
conceived
of as
determining
the
future,
whether
in
general
or of an
individual..
Killing
::
Killing
(a.)
Literally,
that
kills;
having
power to kill;
fatal;
in a
colloquial
sense,
conquering;
captivating;
irresistible..
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