English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of resistance

resistance

/noun/ प्रतिरोध; विरोध; बाधा; स्र्काव; बाधा डालना; रोक;

Synonym counteraction; resist; obstacle; stagnancy; stopped;

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English Dictionary:

1. Resistance

[n.]

- The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
- The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.
- A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
- A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.