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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "impedans"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "impedansi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coisceas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impedenza"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castid"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castys"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "haukotinga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ampedâns",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "امپدانس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "impedancja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impedância"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "impedanță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "impedáns",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "импеда́нс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impedancija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "impedancia"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
"word": "empedans"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"impedance"
],
"word": "impedance"
}
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