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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: resiny - resolution</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="resiny"> resiny, adjective. =resinous.</DL> <A NAME="resipiscence"> resipiscence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a change to a better frame of mind. </DL> <A NAME="resipiscent"> resipiscent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> changing to a better frame of mind. </DL> <A NAME="resipsaloquitur"> res ipsa loquitur,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) the thing itself speaks; the case speaks for itself. </DL> <A NAME="resist"> resist, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to act against; strive against; oppose. Ex. to resist change. The window resisted all efforts to open it. <DD> 2. to strive successfully against; keep from. Ex. I could not resist laughing. <DD> 3. to withstand the action or effect of (as an acid or storm). Ex. A healthy body resists disease. <DD>v.i. to act against something; oppose something. <DD>noun 1. a coating put on a surface to make it withstand the action of weather, acid, etc. <DD> 2. a coating on parts of a fabric that are not to be colored, when the fabric is dyed. adv. resistingly. </DL> <A NAME="resistance"> resistance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of resisting. Ex. The bank clerk made no resistance to the robbers. <DD> 2. the power to resist. Ex. She has little resistance to germs and so is often ill. Get enough sleep and eat well-balanced meals to help keep up resistance built up during the cold months (Time). <DD> 3. a thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition. Ex. An airplane can overcome the resistance of the air and go in the desired direction, but an ordinary balloon just drifts. <DD> 4. the property of a conductor that opposes the passage of an electric current and changes electric energy into heat. Copper has a low resistance. Ex. Resistance is the electrical counterpart of friction, and can serve the same damping function (Roy F. Allison). <DD> 5. a conductor, coil, etc., that offers resistance. <DD> 6. (Physics) an opposing force, especially one tending to prevent motion. </DL> <A NAME="resistance"> Resistance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the people who secretly organize and fight for their freedom in a country occupied and controlled by a foreign power. Ex. the French Resistance in World War II. </DL> <A NAME="resistancecoil"> resistance coil,<DL COMPACT><DD> a coil or wire made of metal that has a high resistance, used especially for measuring resistance, reducing voltage or amperage, and producing heat. </DL> <A NAME="resistanceless"> resistanceless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lacking resistance. Ex. At low temperature a resistanceless current can cross an insulating gap (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="resistancemeter"> resistance meter,<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument used to measure the performance of the ignition coil and condenser in an internal-combustion engine. </DL> <A NAME="resistancethermometer"> resistance thermometer,<DL COMPACT><DD> an electric thermometer based on the variation in conductivity of metals as a result of changing temperature. </DL> <A NAME="resistancewelding"> resistance welding,<DL COMPACT><DD> welding by heat from resistance to the flow of an electric current; electric welding. </DL> <A NAME="resistant"> resistant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. resisting. <DD>noun 1. =resister. <DD> 2. =resist (def. 2). </DL> <A NAME="resistant"> resistant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a member of the Resistance. Ex. During the German occupation, he defended some of the French resistants in the special courts (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="resistdyeing"> resist dyeing,<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of dyeing in a pattern with a resist. </DL> <A NAME="resistent"> resistent, adjective. =resistant.</DL> <A NAME="resister"> resister, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that resists. <DD> 2. =resistor. </DL> <A NAME="resistibility"> resistibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being resistible. </DL> <A NAME="resistible"> resistible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be resisted. Ex. earthquakes ... the least resistible of natural violence (Samuel Johnson). </DL> <A NAME="resistive"> resistive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resisting; capable of resisting or inclined to resist. adv. resistively. noun resistiveness. </DL> <A NAME="resistivity"> resistivity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> the electrical resistance of the equivalent of one cubic centimeter of a given substance. </DL> <A NAME="resistless"> resistless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be resisted. Ex. A resistless impulse made him wander over the earth. (SYN) irresistible. <DD> 2. that cannot resist. adv. resistlessly. noun resistlessness. </DL> <A NAME="resistojet"> resistojet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a jet engine that uses electric resistance to heat a liquid propellant, used chiefly to keep an artificial satellite steady during orbit. </DL> <A NAME="resistor"> resistor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a conductor used to control voltage in an electric circuit, as of a radio or television set, a tape recorder, a computer, or other electronic equipment, because of its resistance. Ex. A resistor is simply a poor conductor of electricity (John R. Pierce). </DL> <A NAME="resit"> resit, verb, -sat, -sitting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD>v.t. to take (a written examination) a second time. Ex. So many students resit the engineering examination each year that an eventual pass rate of 80 per cent, as suggested by Mr. Alan Sim, may occur (Sunday Times). <DD>noun the taking of a written examination a second time. Ex. the September resit. </DL> <A NAME="resite"> re-site, transitive verb, -sited, -siting.<DL COMPACT><DD> to place on a new site. </DL> <A NAME="resize"> resize, transitive verb, -sized, -sizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to size again or anew. </DL> <A NAME="resjudicata"> res judicata,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) res adjudicata. </DL> <A NAME="reslant"> reslant, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to slant again. <DD> 2. to slant in a new direction. </DL> <A NAME="resnatron"> resnatron, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a vacuum tube for generating large amounts of high-frequency power, such as for jamming radar in warfare. </DL> <A NAME="resnullius"> res nullius,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a thing belonging to no one. Ex. The moon, however, is almost certainly res nullius, and therefore capable of appropriation through effective occupation (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="resocialize"> resocialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to restore to an earlier social status; return to normal society; rehabilitate socially. Ex. The U.S. Army ... will attempt to educate, train, and resocialize many who are at present rejects of society (London Times). noun resocialization. </DL> <A NAME="resod"> resod, transitive verb, -sodded, -sodding.<DL COMPACT><DD> to sod again. Ex. to resod a lawn. </DL> <A NAME="resojet"> resojet, noun. =pulsejet.</DL> <A NAME="resold"> resold, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of resell. </DL> <A NAME="resole"> resole, verb, -soled, -soling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to put a new sole on (as a shoe or boot). <DD>noun a new sole, such as on a shoe or boot. </DL> <A NAME="resolubility"> resolubility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being resoluble. </DL> <A NAME="resoluble"> resoluble (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be resolved; resolvable. Ex. The distinctiveness of all that which we call brogue, accent, etc., is ultimately resoluble into a specialty of modulation (John Earle). noun resolubleness. </DL> <A NAME="resoluble"> resoluble (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be dissolved again. Ex. ... a precipitate partly resoluble in carbonate of ammonia (Andrew Ure). </DL> <A NAME="resolute"> resolute, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having a fixed resolve; determined; firm. Ex. He was resolute in his attempt to climb to the top of the mountain. <DD> 2. constant in pursuing a purpose; bold. Ex. A soldier must be resolute in battle. The risks will be greater in a few years, if we [the U.S.A.] dare not be resolute now (Elmer Davis). <DD> 3. indicating or suggesting firmness and determination. Ex. a resolute attitude, a resolute chin. adv. resolutely. noun resoluteness. </DL> <A NAME="resolution"> resolution, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a thing decided on; thing determined. Ex. I made a resolution to get up early. <DD> 2. the act of resolving or determining. <DD> 3. the power of holding firmly to a purpose; determination. Ex. Lincoln's resolution overcame his poverty and lack of schooling. <DD> 4. a formal expression of opinion. Ex. a joint resolution of the Congress. The club passed a resolution thanking the teacher for his help throughout the year. Strong resolutions were adopted [in Parliament] against the queen (Macaulay). <DD> 5. the act of breaking into parts. <DD> 6. the act or result of solving; solution. Ex. the resolution of a problem, the resolution of a plot in a novel. Of this question ... we must be content to live without the resolution (Samuel Johnson). <DD> 7. (Medicine.) the reduction or disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus. <DD> 8. (Music.) <DD> a. the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance. <DD> b. the tone or chord by which this is effected. <DD> 9. (Optics.) the ability of a lens to produce separate images of objects that are very close together; resolving power. Ex. Resolution is the capacity of a lens to show two close objects as two, rather than as a single fuzzy one (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="resolutioner"> resolutioner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person making, accepting, or approving a resolution. </DL> <A HREF="resolvab.dic">NEXT</A>