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resistance - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- ohm: E.g. With a voltage of 10v and a resistance of 100 ohms, the current will be 0.1 amp.
Converse of object
- confer: This confers resistance to four biotypes of the pest.
- overcome: This provides them with far more insulin than is normally needed overcome the resistance.
- induce: John P. Carr continued the virus theme by talking about inducing resistance virus-specific pathways to plant viruses.
Adjective modifier
- antibiotic: Antibiotic Resistance in Humans not the Result of Excessive or Inappropriate use in Animals.
- antimicrobial: Abstract The inappropriate use of antibiotics has contributed to the worldwide problem of antimicrobial resistance.
- least: Take the path of least resistance versus forcing, fighting, or winning.
- fierce: The invasion grabbed a small piece of land but the French put up fierce resistance and a full-scale invasion of southern France never occurred.
- passive: The media quickly developed a campaign of passive resistance.
- armed: Getting nowhere, the workers offered the ministry a simple choice: increase their paltry salaries or they would all join the armed resistance.
Modifies a noun
- fighter: Many of the Polish resistance fighters were forced to escape via the network of sewer canals underneath the city.
- gene: Current research centers upon the distribution of resistance genes in the general population.
- marker: In conclusion, extensive use of kanamycin resistance marker genes in genetically modified crops is unjustifiable in the face of current medical applications.
- thermometer: In addition, liquid-in-glass thermometers and platinum resistance thermometers require periodic checking of reference points.
Noun used with modifier
- insulin: This process appears to fail in insulin resistance accompanying several forms of diabetes.
- corrosion: The frames are given three layers of powder coat for exceptional corrosion resistance.
- abrasion: The coatings also meet or exceed military standards for moderate abrasion resistance.
- herbicide: We are now often dealing with very unusual gene combinations not seen in the wild - for herbicide resistance for instance.
- multi-drug: XR5944 is structurally distinct from both XR5000 and XR11576 and has been shown to be unaffected by atypical multi-drug resistance.
- skid: Systems for maximum skid resistance for airport halls, cargo terminals & plant rooms.
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