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Contents 1 Physics 2 Biology 3 Politics and military 4 Entertainment 4.1 In music 4.2 In video games 4.3 In television 4.4 In fiction 4.5 Other 5 Other 6 See also

Resistance may refer to:

[edit] Physics

• Electrical resistance, a measure of the degree to which an object opposes an electric current through it
• Friction, the force that opposes (relative) motion
  • Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow
• Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors
  • Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock
• Thermal resistance, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance
  • Thermal conductivity, how well heat is conducted through a substance
  • Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design
• In materials science, the term is sometimes used for hardness

[edit] Biology

• Drug resistance
  • Antibiotic resistance, the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of antibiotics
  • Resistance to antiviral drugs, the ability of a population of viruses to withstand the effects of an antiviral drug.
• Immune system, the system in organisms that provides disease resistance
  • Plant disease resistance
  • Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables
• Pesticide resistance, resistance of insects, weeds, rodents, and other "pests" to improperly used pesticides
• Systemic acquired resistance, a response in plants that occurs following exposure to a pathogen
• Vascular resistance, the resistance to flow that must be overcome in order for blood to circulate through the body.
• Frost resistance, the resistance to low temperatures in plants

[edit] Politics and military

• Resistance movement, a group trying to thwart foreign occupation
  • Resistance during World War II
  • French Resistance
• Resistance (socialist youth organisation), an Australian Marxist organisation
• Draft resistance, organized or personal opposition to military conscription
• HMS Resistance, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one planned one
• Resistance (military) is the ability of an organized force to stand on the defensive
• White Aryan Resistance
• Resistance: Journal of the Earth Liberation Movement, an earth liberation magazine

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] In music

• Resistance (Burning Spear album), 1986 album
• Resistance (Mika Nakashima album), 2002 album
• Resistance (Alove for Enemies album), 2006 album
• The Resistance (Muse album), 2009 album
• "Resistance", a song by Japanese band High and Mighty Color
• "La Resistance" (South Park song) a song from the musical South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Resistance Records, a white power music label
• "The Resistance", track 1 on the album New Surrender by US rock band Anberlin

[edit] In video games

• Resistance, a series of alternate history sci-fi shooters developed for Sony video game consoles.
  • Resistance: Fall of Man, a Sony PlayStation 3 game
  • Resistance 2, sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man
  • Resistance: Retribution, a Sony PlayStation Portable game
• Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, expansion pack of video game Operation Flashpoint

[edit] In television

• Resistance (V), a group of humans opposing an alien takeover in the V television series
• "Resistance" (Battlestar Galactica), a Battlestar Galactica episode
• "Resistance" (Star Trek: Voyager episode), the 28th episode of Star Trek: Voyager

[edit] In fiction

• Resistance (film), a 2003 war film, with Bill Paxton
• Resistance, a 1995 novel by Anita Shreve
• Resistance (Owen Sheers novel), a 2007 historical novel by Owen Sheers
• The Resistance (Animorphs), an Animorphs book
• Resistance (Terminator), fictional organization made up of the human survivors of Judgment Day in the Terminator series
• either of two similarly-named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm:
  • Resistance (comics), based on the video game of the same title
  • The Resistance (comics), by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Santacruz

[edit] Other

• The Resistance (party game)
• Resistance (Doctor Who audio) Dr Who audio presentation

[edit] Other

• La Résistance (professional wrestling)
• Resistance (technical analysis), a price level in security trading that, if reached, activates many sell triggers
• Resistance welding, a group of welding processes
• Psychological resistance, the act of defending one's position in response to confrontation
• Response based therapy, counselling involving discussion of victims' acts of resistance to violence

[edit] See also

• Resilience
• Resistor

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