Definition of resisting

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Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium..

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Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war..
Attraction :: Attraction (n.) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation..
Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Antitypous :: Antitypous (a.) Resisting blows; hard.
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault..
Resignation :: Resignation (n.) The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God..
Passively :: Passively (adv.) In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.
Resisting :: Resisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resis.
Bullet-proof :: Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.
Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
Resisting :: Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
Work :: Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg..
Jansenist :: "Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace..
Shellproof :: Shellproof (a.) Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
Knurly :: Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much..
Resistant :: Resistant (a.) Making resistance; resisting.
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
Durability :: Durability (n.) The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness..
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