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effective resistance

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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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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

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

That energy, she argues, must now be transformed into effective resistance and other positive social-change work.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022

The Portuguese regulars offered no effective resistance, and the main body of the French penetrated to the very centre of the city.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

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