"reactance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reactances [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 7 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 63 5 32 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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