Impedance Definition
ĭm-pēdns
noun
The total opposition offered by an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current of a single frequency: it is a combination of resistance and reactance and is measured in ohms.
Webster's New World
An analogous measure of resistance to an alternating effect, as the resistance to vibration of the medium in sound transmission.
American Heritage
The ratio of the force per unit area to the volume displacement of a given surface across which sound is being transmitted.
Webster's New World
(by analogy, software engineering, usually with “mismatch”) A measure of the opposition caused by differences between two paradigms, especially between object-oriented development and relational databases.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- resistivity
- electrical-resistance
- electric-resistance
- resistance
- ohmic resistance
- ohm
- reactance
- ohmage
Other Word Forms of Impedance
Noun
Singular:
impedance
Plural:
impedancesOrigin of Impedance
-
impede + -ance
From Wiktionary
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