Synonyms of the word

resistor

• n. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
• n. An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

resistance

• n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
• n. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
• n. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
• n. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance…