the refusal to accept or comply with something

they displayed a narrow-minded resistance to change

the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely

some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others

the impeding or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another

air resistance was reduced by streamlining

the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current