Resistance

Resistance may refer to:

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

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

Resistance (technical analysis), a price level in security trading that, if reached, activates many sell triggers

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

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, the title track from the same 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

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

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

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

La Résistance (professional wrestling)
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