impedance
(im-pēd′ăns)
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[L. impedire, to hinder]
The resistance met by alternating currents in passing through a conductor. Impedance consists of resistance, reactance, inductance, or capacitance. The resistance due to the inductive and condenser characteristics of a circuit is called reactance.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Impedance." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762027/0/impedance.
Impedance. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762027/0/impedance. Accessed December 8, 2024.
Impedance. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762027/0/impedance
Impedance [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762027/0/impedance.
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