Water resistance may refer to:
- wet strength, a measure of how well a fibreweb's hold together upon a force of rupture
- waterproofing, making objects relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions
- Fluid resistance, drag in water
- Lotus effect (water-resistance in plant leaves)
- the electrical resistivity of water
See also:-
- Hydrophobe
- Superhydrophobe
Famous quotes containing the words water and/or resistance:
“I will catch Christ with a greased worm,
And when the Prince of Darkness stalks
My bloodstream to its Stygian term . . .
On water the Man-Fisher walks.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)