reactance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reactance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reactance n opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reactance \React"ance\, n. [React + -ance.] (Elec.) The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance* is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to the component of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit.