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How to pronounce “reactance”
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- The Surprising Psychology Behind Your Urge to Break the Rules
And psychologists call this reactance.
- Definition summary
- (physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.
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How to pronounce reactance
The Surprising Psychology Behind Your Urge to Break the Rules

And psychologists call this reactance.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.
- A similar effect in magnetism.
- (psychology) An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.
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