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

But Western diplomats and others have expressed scepticism about the ability of the groups gathered there to mount an effective resistance given the lack of outside support and the need to repair and maintain weapons.

From Reuters

However as regular forces crumbled in the face of the Taliban following the withdrawal of U.S. forces, they returned to the front lines, in the hopes that their local power base would provide more effective resistance.

From Reuters

While there is broad agreement within the C.I.A. and France’s D.G.S.E. that he could provide intelligence, opinions diverge on whether Mr. Massoud, who is untested as a leader, would be able to command an effective resistance.

From New York Times

“Even though it fizzled out pointlessly in the storm on the Capitol, leaving behind no more than a few memes and viral videos,” he wrote, “one could form an organized and planned approach out of this mood for a more effective resistance.”

From New York Times

“Formulaic rules of journalism, while important, do not provide any effective resistance to biases that arise earlier, in the process of deciding which stories are newsworthy enough to deserve coverage in the first place. The current results suggest that biases in this phase might be strong and insidious,” the paper said.

From Washington Times