resistant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French résistant

[edit] Noun

resistant (plural resistants)

1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
2. A thing which resists.

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[edit] Adjective

resistant (comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)

1. That which makes resistance or offers opposition.
2. That which is not overcome by a disease or drug.

   The infection is resistant to antibiotics.

3. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

[edit] Derived terms

• resistantly

[edit] See also

• robust

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[edit] References

• resistant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeinrsstt
• straitens