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[Noun] | "re*sis*tance" | \ ri-ˈzi-stən(t)s \
1: an act or instance of resisting : opposition
2: a means of resisting
3: the power or capacity to resist: such as
Origin: 14th century ;
(1) - { cross-resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
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[Noun] | "cross-re*sis*tance" | \ ˌkrȯs-ri-ˈzi-stən(t)s \
1: tolerance (as of a bacterium) to a usually toxic substance (such as an antibiotic) that is acquired not as a result of direct exposure but by exposure to a related substance
Origin: 1946 ;
(1) - { insulin resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "insulin resistance"
1: reduced sensitivity to insulin by the body's insulin-dependent processes (such as glucose uptake and lipolysis) that is typical of type 2 diabetes but often occurs in the absence of diabetes
Origin: 1927 ;
(1) - { insulin resistance syndrome } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "insulin resistance syndrome"
1: metabolic syndrome
Origin: 1986 ;
(1) - { passive resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "passive resistance"
1: resistance especially to a government or an occupying power characterized mainly by noncooperation
Origin: 1779 ;
(2) - { piece de resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
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[Noun] | "pièce de ré*sis*tance" | \ pē-ˌes-də-rə-ˌzē-ˈstän(t)s \
1: the chief dish of a meal
2: an outstanding item or event : showpiece
Origin: 1789 ;
French, literally, piece of resistance;
(1) - { metabolic syndrome } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "metabolic syndrome"
1: a syndrome marked by the presence of usually three or more of a group of factors (such as high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, high triglyceride levels, low HDL levels, and high fasting levels of blood sugar) that are linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes —called also insulin resistance syndrome
Origin: 1991 ;
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(1) - { resistance:2 } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Adjective] | "resistance"
1: of, relating to, or being exercise involving pushing or pulling against a source of resistance (such as a weight) to increase strength
Origin: 1956 ;
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(1) - { offer resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "offer resistance"
1: to try to resist or fight
(1) - { take/follow the path/line of least resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "take/follow the path/line of least resistance"
1: to choose the easiest way to do something instead of trying to choose the best way
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(2) - { resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "resistance"
1: the inclination to resist;
* e.g., " ... after some initial resistance, the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan "
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2: a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces;
* e.g., " ... soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry "
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(1) - { piece de resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
(1) - { pieces de resistance } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "pièces de résistance"
1: as in classics, masterpieces;
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(10) - Urban Dictionary
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# 1 - { resistance:5324140 }
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[ "resistance" ]
1: Testicles. Specifically, the resistance they provide during a pat-down of the crotchal region by a TSA agent-turned-baggage handler.
* e.g., ... "We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance," he explained.
# 2 - { resistance:5361508 }
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[ "resistance" ]
1: Euphemism for a man's scrotum, as defined by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
* e.g., ... TSA agent performing an enhanced pat-down on a passenger at a U.S. airport: "I will place my hand on your inner thigh and slide it upwards until I meet resistance."
# 3 - { The Resistance:4001407 }
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[ "The Resistance" ]
1: The Resistance : Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles' Fans working (fighting) to get this show back.
The Resistance is doing youtube videos, motivational pictures, letters, emails... to get TSCC back.
* e.g., ... The Resistance catchphrase : "Welcome to the SCC, bitch."
# 4 - { Resistance:2332330 }
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[ "Resistance" ]
1: "Only makes my penis harder," according to some talking horse from the hentai anime "Words Worth."
* e.g., ... Your resistance only makes my penis harder!
# 5 - { Resistance:1386457 }
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[ "Resistance" ]
1: A group that defys, or rebels against an opposing force, with opposing or oppressing views.
* e.g., ... The Resistance helped win the war.
[ "Resistance" ]
2: Fighting back to something you believe is wrong.
* e.g., ... Don't struggle, resistance is futile.
# 6 - { Resistance:3658128 }
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[ "Resistance" ]
1: The right of a group to be oppressed by a member of their own ethnic group.
* e.g., ... It is a moral imperative to support the Resistance.
# 7 - { Resistion:4327613 }
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[ "Resistion" ]
1: The intrinstic resistance propriety of a material.
Resistion is in direct relation with the viscosity and malleability of a material.
The resistion can be expressed as R=v/m*p
* e.g., ... the air resistion is 4059 N*s/m
[ "Resistion" ]
2: where v is the viscosity, m is the malleability and p is the Boltzman constant.
# 8 - { Resistance:13064249 }
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[ "Resistance" ]
1: A important movement in which many countries during World War 2 fought against their oppressors, mainly the Nazis and the Japanese. They’re we’re civilian guerillas fighting for freedom in the invaded country. Most notable of these are the Polish resistance, French Resistance, The Partisans(Yugoslavia), the Belgian Resistance, Italian resistance, both Italian Resistance and Italian CLN(Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale) translated in Nation Liberation Comitee, Soviet Underground, Dutch resistance, Greek resistance, and Norwegian Resistance.
* e.g., ... Chris “Have you heard about the Polish or French resistance?
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[ "Resist" ]
1: Dumpy angry little creatures possessing a child like view on the world. To the Resist, the internet is serious business. The resist takes any comments made against it personally and will behave like a whiney little bitch stamping its e-feet and flapping its e-arms whilst having a real life tanty in a simliar fashion to a toddler not getting its own way. This behaviour will carry on for days, weeks, months with the creature exhausting itself over petty little things. Fortunately, these creatures are easily dusted under the carpet.
* e.g., ... Dude thats a large looking child. Nah dude, thats a Resist.
# 10 - { tech resistant:5725332 }
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[ "tech resistant" ]
1: Someone who does not embrace technology or has a hard time working with technological devices including computers, gaming consoles, email, cell phones, DVRs, remote controls, traffic lights...
* e.g., ... John owns a Macbook but will only check his email with it. He's completely tech resistant.
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