Usually means: Opposition to alternating current flow.
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  1. reactance: Merriam-Webster
  2. reactance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reactance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. reactance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. Reactance (disambiguation), Reactance (electronics), Reactance (psychology), Reactance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. reactance: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. reactance: Medical dictionary

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  1. reactance: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (reactance)

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.
noun:  A similar effect in magnetism.
noun:  (psychology) An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

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