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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effective resistance

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

But the excitement of fans who hadn’t heard “Bulls on Parade” live since Rage last performed five years ago shouldn’t be taken as an indication that the song’s anti-authoritarian message was marshaling an effective resistance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2016

Thus strengthened they offered effective resistance to Albert, who up to his sudden death, October 27, 1439, was unable to occupy the whole of his kingdom.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea