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English
Etymology
From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.
Pronunciation
Noun
resistant (plural resistants)
- A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
- A thing which resists.
Translations
Adjective
resistant (comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)
- Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
- Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
- (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
Derived terms
Translations
that which makes resistance
that which is not overcome by a disease or drug
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Latin
Verb
resistant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of resistō