Reactance Definition

rē-ăktəns
noun
Opposition to the flow of alternating current in a circuit or circuit element, caused by inductance or capacitance and measured in ohms: symbol, X.
Webster's New World

(psychology) An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

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Reactance Sentence Examples

  • This radiation reactance needs to be tuned out, to get power transfer from the generator to the radiated field.

  • State the reactance of a capacitor and the phase relationship between p.d. and current.

  • This causes the inductive reactance of the matching circuit to become dominant as the frequency increases.

  • A measure of this resistance to current flow is given by the capacitative reactance Xc which has units of Ohms.

  • The capacitive reactance Xc becomes very large and the inductive reactance Xl becomes insignificant.

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