| Pronunciation: | | ruz'istunt
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| Matching Terms: | | resistance, resistance factor, resistance frame, resistance pyrometer, resistance thermometer, resistance unit
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- [adj] incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
- [adj] disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
- [adj] incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
- [adj] relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
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| | Synonyms: | | defiant, immune, imperviable, impervious, insubordinate, insusceptible, nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, noncompliant, repellent, resistive, unsusceptible |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*sist"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. r['e]sistant: cf. L.
resistens. See {Resist}.]
Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which,
resists. --Bp. Pearson.
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