"reactance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reactances [plural]
Etymology: From react + -ance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|react|ance}} react + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reactance (countable and uncountable, plural reactances)
  1. (physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (opposition to the change in current): reaktanssi (Finnish), Blindwiderstand [masculine] (German), Reaktanz [feminine] (German), άεργη αντίσταση (áergi antístasi) [feminine] (Greek), imoibríocht [feminine] (Irish), 誘導抵抗 (yūdōteikō) (Japanese), reaktancja [feminine] (Polish), reactanță (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-reactance-en-noun-CG4GrbUh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 7 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 60 5 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 3 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 7 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 6 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 15 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 67 6 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 73 3 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 64 6 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 64 6 29 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'opposition to the change in current': 87 6 7
  2. A similar effect in magnetism. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reactance-en-noun-UqVA08Vg
  3. (psychology) An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-reactance-en-noun-pbl0XNuA Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reactance coil

Inflected forms

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