IMPEDANCE
impedance
Noun
- A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, inductive and capacitive reactance. Represented by the symbol Z.
- a measure of opposition to motion of something subjected to a force.
- the sound pressure divided by the particle velocity and the surface area through which an acoustic wave propagates.
- a measure of the opposition caused by differences between two paradigms, especially between object-oriented development and relational databases
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