resistant
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English
editEtymology
editFrom French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɹəˈzɪstənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editresistant (plural resistants)
- A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
- A thing which resists.
Translations
edita person who resists
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Adjective
editresistant (comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)
- Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
- Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
- (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editthat which makes resistance
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that which is not overcome by a disease or drug
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See also
editReferences
edit- “resistant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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editVerb
editresistant
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