inductive reactance

noun

, Electricity.

1. the opposition of inductance to alternating current, equal to the product of the angular frequency of the current times the self-inductance. : X L

Word History and Origins

Origin of inductive reactance¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Its formula is Inductive reactance = L ω wherein L is the inductance in henrys and ω is 2 π n, or twice 3.1416 times the frequency.

From Project Gutenberg

To distinguish the two kinds of reactance, that due to the capacity is called capacity reactance and that due to inductance is called inductive reactance.

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But when the positive half of an alternating current is made to flow through a large inductance it acts like a large resistance as before and likewise smooths out the current, but none of its energy is wasted in heat and so a coil having a large inductance, which is called an inductive reactance, or just reactor for short, is used to smooth out, or filter, the alternating current after it has been changed into a pulsating direct current by the rectifier tubes.

From Project Gutenberg

REACTANCE, INDUCTIVE.—The inductive reactance is the opposition offered to the current by an inductance coil.

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