Resistance

Resistance may refer to:

Physics

• Electrical resistance: property of a conductor due to which it opposes the flow of current through it.
• Friction,
  • 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

Medicine

• Antibiotic resistance, used for bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
• Airway resistance, a concept used in respiratory physiology to describe mechanical factors which limit the access of inspired air to the pulmonary alveoli, and thus determine airflow.

Politics and military

• Resistance movement, a group trying to thwart foreign occupation
  • Resistance during World War II
  • French Resistance
  • Polish 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 (YBNP), from 2011, new name of Young BNP (age 18-30)

Entertainment

In music

• 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

In video games

• 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 3, the third game in the main series
  • Resistance: Retribution, a Sony PlayStation Portable game
  • Resistance: Burning Skies, a Sony PlayStation Vita game
• Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, expansion pack of video game Operation Flashpoint
• "Resistance", a fictive organization against The Combine in Half-Life 2 and it's episodes
• "Resistance", a map of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer.

In television

• 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

In fiction

• Resistance, a 1995 novel by Anita Shreve
• Resistance (Owen Sheers novel), a 2007 historical novel by Owen Sheers
• The Resistance (Animorphs), an Animorphs book
• 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

In film

• Resistance (2003 film), a 2003 war film, with Bill Paxton
• Resistance (2011 film), a 2011 war film, with Michael Sheen

Other

• The Resistance (party game)
• Resistance (Doctor Who audio) Dr Who audio presentation

Other

• La Résistance (professional wrestling)
• Resistance welding, a group of welding processes
• Psychological resistance, the forces that counteract progress in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
• Response based therapy, counselling involving discussion of victims' acts of resistance to violence
• Resistance (philosophy), a concept created by author Steven Pressfield that illustrates the universal force that acts against human creativity.