Capacitive-reactance
the opposition of capacitance to alternating current, equal to the reciprocal of the product of the angular frequency of the current times the capacitance. Symbol: X C.
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a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric. Historical Examples The Small World of M-75 Ed M. Clinton, Jr. noun a device for accumulating electric charge, usually consisting of two conducting surfaces separated by a dielectric Former name […]
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