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impedance definition - telecom
The total passive opposition offered by a circuit to the flow of an alternating electric current (AC), impedance is a combination of resistance, inductive reactance, and capacitive reactance. See also AC, capacitance, inductance, and resistance.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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