Sentences with resistance
re·sist·ance
R r - As batteries age and fail, their internal resistance will typically increase because the plate surface can sulfate or shed active material, which adversely affects its ability to perform.DC resistance will limit the amount of direct current the device can carry without overheating, or without saturating.Resistance is a measure of the opposition to electrical flow in DC systems, counted in ohms.
- The U.S. wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting resistance.
- The troops are encountering stiff resistance.
- This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it. [+ to]
- The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
- ...materials that lose all their electrical resistance.
- They managed to escape after being arrested by the resistance.
- resistance coupling
- Air resistance
- The resistance during the German occupation in World War II.