effective resistance

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the resistance to an alternating current, expressed as the ratio of the power dissipated to the square of the effective current.

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Example Sentences

Another important shift in the recommendations is the recognition that effective resistance training does not require access to a gym.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

I think we should be able to mount an effective resistance.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Those dynamics would suggest that organizations like Wikipedia will be forced to adapt to the future that A.I. has begun to create, rather than exert influence over A.I. or mount an effective resistance to it.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Wang added that Ukraine demonstrated the need to rally civilians to mount an effective resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022

But now, after the junction with Douglas, the Swedish army had more than four thousand men; therefore it was able to offer an effective resistance to the forces of the full hetman.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk