ellenállású

ellenállású is a Hungarian adjective meaning having resistance or being resistant to a specified factor. It is formed from the noun ellenállás (resistance) with the suffix -ú, to describe objects, substances, or organisms that possess a measurable or intended resistance. In common, non-specialist language, the more general adjective ellenálló is often preferred, but ellenállású appears in technical or formal writing when the emphasis is on a defined resistance.

In practice, ellenállású appears across several fields. In electronics and physics it can describe components that have resistance, although phrases like ellenállás vagy ellenállású elem are less common than simply using ellenállás or using ellenálló with the noun. In biology and medicine, it is used in contexts such as ellenállású baktériumok or antibiotikum-ellenállás to indicate organisms or strains that withstand a drug. In materials science and engineering, ellenállású anyag or ellenállású felület can refer to materials designed to resist wear, corrosion, or heat, where the precise resistance is specified by testing.

Etymology: from ellenállás (resistance) plus the suffix -ú, yielding an adjective that marks a property of resistance. Usage tends toward technical or formal language, with everyday speech favoring more explicit descriptions of the resistance or the synonym ellenálló.