"impedance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪmˈpiːdn̩s/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-impedance.wav Forms: impedances [plural]
Etymology: impede + -ance. In sense 2 and sense 3 it was coined by English mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1886. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|impede|ance}} impede + -ance, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|physics1}} sense 2, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|physics2}} sense 3, {{coinage|en|Oliver Heaviside|in=1886|nat=English|nocap=1|occ=mathematician and physicist}} coined by English mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1886 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} impedance (countable and uncountable, plural impedances)
  1. The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-impedance-en-noun-en:physics1 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (physics) A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain
    (physics, usually with “mechanical”) a measure of opposition to motion of something subjected to a force; the ratio of force to velocity treated as complex quantities.
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-impedance-en-noun-en:physics2 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (physics) A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain
    (physics, usually with “acoustic” or “sound”) the ratio of sound pressure to volume flow rate treated as complex quantities.
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: impediment Translations (physics, measure of opposition to flow of current): inpedantzia (Basque), импеданс (impedans) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impedance [feminine] (Czech), impedantie [feminine] (Dutch), impedanco (Esperanto), impedants (Estonian), impedanssi (Finnish), impédance (French), Impedanz [feminine] (German), εμπέδηση (empédisi) [feminine] (Greek), σύνθετη αντίσταση (sýntheti antístasi) [feminine] (Greek), प्रतिबाधा (pratibādhā) (Hindi), impedancia (Hungarian), impedans (Indonesian), impedansi (Indonesian), coisceas [masculine] (Irish), impedenza [feminine] (Italian), castid [masculine] (Manx), castys [masculine] (Manx), haukotinga (Maori), امپدانس (ampedâns) (Persian), impedancja (Polish), impedância [feminine] (Portuguese), impedanță (Romanian), импеда́нс (impedáns) [masculine] (Russian), impedancija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), impedancia (Spanish), empedans (Turkish)
Derived forms: acoustic impedance, cardioimpedance, characteristic impedance, electrical impedance tomography, image impedance, impedance coil, impedancemetry, impedance mismatch, impedance of free space, impedance plethysmography, radiation impedance Disambiguation of 'physics, measure of opposition to flow of current': 2 38 42 19

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      "sense": "physics, measure of opposition to flow of current",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "gv",
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