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Reactance

Author: Hans Lohninger

Reactance is the imaginary part of electrical impedance, a measure of opposition to a sinusoidal alternating current. Reactance arises from the presence of inductance and capacitance within a circuit, and is denoted by the symbol X.

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Last Update: 2011-03-27