specific resistance

noun

1. the former name for resistivity

Example Sentences

This probably explains how the bacteria could withstand the antibiotics without having specific resistance genes.

From Scientific American

A Western military adviser to the Ukrainians said that details of a specific resistance there remained a closely held secret.

From New York Times

At the same time, I don’t exclude the pragmatism of issue specific resistance.

From Salon

This activity gives the animal a very specific resistance, presumably because it is restricted to cells that sense AITC.

From Scientific American

Furthermore, infected travellers from elsewhere have introduced the virus to the region many times, and Asian populations don’t have any specific resistance to yellow fever.

From Nature