"reactive power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reactive powers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reactive power (plural reactive powers)
  1. The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage. Translations (imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit): blindvermogen [neuter] (Dutch), loisteho (Finnish), [1] Blindleistung [feminine] (German), Scheinleistung [feminine] (German), potencia reactiva [feminine] (Spanish), reaktiv effekt [common-gender] (Swedish), [1] reaktif güç (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-reactive_power-en-noun-6uyXsud0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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