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REACTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reactance mean?
• REACTANCE (noun)
The noun REACTANCE has 1 sense:
1. opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
Familiarity information: REACTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("reactance" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Context examples
Ohm is also used to measure impedance and reactance for complex resistance.
(Ohm, NCI Thesaurus)
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