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resist

a substance used to protect something, esp a coating that prevents corrosion
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resist

[ri′zist]
(graphic arts)
A protective layer applied to the image, or other parts of a plate, to protect that portion of the metal from the action of an etching bath or a sandblasting operation.
(materials)
An acid-resistant nonconducting coating used to protect desired portions of a wiring pattern from the action of the etchant during manufacture of printed wiring boards.
(metallurgy)
An insulating material, for example lacquer, applied to the surface of work to prevent electroplating or electrolytic action at the coated area. Also known as stopoff.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The good news is that states continue to resist, and the bad news is that most of them, with Utah being one of the rare exceptions, are resisting on the wrong grounds.
There was no mention of the violence we have caused or that perhaps those resisting us are in fact brave patriots resisting a foreign invader who has slaughtered a 100,000 of his fellow countrymen, and is out to steal his nation's resources.
These were the other ends of the anchors or "dead men," which were resisting the tendency to overturn.
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