Re-sist'ance, n.

n. [Fr. résistance, Pr., Sp., & Pg. resistencia, It. resistenza, L. Lat. resistentia, from resistens, p. pr. of resistere. See supra.]

1. The act of resisting; opposition.
2. The quality of not yielding to force or external impression; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power.

Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak. Solid of least resistance, a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume. Syn. — Opposition; rebuff; hindrance; check.