reactance

/riˈæktns/
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Other forms: reactances

Definitions of reactance
  1. noun
    opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
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    type of:
    electrical phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon involving electricity
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