Hyphenation of resistance

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word resistance? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-sis-tance

Definitions of resistance:

1.	The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
2.	Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
3.	A material's opposition to the flow of electric current Measured in ohms
4.	The military action of resisting the enemy's advance The enemy offered little resistance
5.	(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
6.	The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog
7.	A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
8.	The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
9.	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
10.	An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
11.	Group action in opposition to those in power

Synonyms of resistance:

noun	opposition, action
noun	mechanical phenomenon
noun	electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance, electrical phenomenon
noun	military action, action
noun	immunity, condition, status
noun	underground, revolutionary group
noun	unresponsiveness
noun	unwillingness
noun	resistor, electrical device
noun	group action

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.