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resist verb

  /ɹəˈzɪst/ , /ɹɪˈzɪst/
  • (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
 vastustaa, kestää
  • (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
 vastustaa, etoa

resistance noun

  /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
 resistanssi, vastus, vastarinta, vastustuskyky
  • An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
 vastarintaliike
  • (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
 vastus

resistant adjective

  /ɹəˈzɪstənt/
  • Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
 vastustuskykyinen

resistant noun

  /ɹəˈzɪstənt/
  • A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
 vastarintaa tekevä, vastarintaliikkeen jäsen

resistivity noun

  • (electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.
 ominaisvastus, resistiivisyys
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