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effective resistance

American

noun

Electricity.

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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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

To avoid that fate, we must mount sustained and effective resistance in each of those domains.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

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

True, they argued, Greece completely disarmed could offer no effective resistance to the armies and fleets which hemmed her in on every side.

From Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 by Abbott, G. F. (George Frederick)

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