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impedance
  1. (physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.
  2. (physics) A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain
    1. (physics) a measure of opposition to motion of something subjected to a force; the ratio of force to velocity treated as complex quantities.
    2. (physics) the ratio of sound pressure to volume flow rate treated as complex quantities.
  3. (by analogy, software engineering, usually with “mismatch”) a measure of the opposition caused by differences between two paradigms, especially between object-oriented development and relational databases
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  5. Examples:
    1. “If the load impedance is not equal to the transmission line impedance, the wattmeter will indicate the amount of reflected power.”
      “Both antennas feature linear polarization, an impedance of 50 ohms and maximum input power at 10 watts.”
      “The voltage ratios are equal to the turns ratios so we can just square the voltage ratios to get the impedance ratios.”
impedivity
  1. specific impedance; especially the ratio of a pressure phasor associated with a wave at any given point in a medium to the velocity phasor at that point.
  2. bulk impedance; a measurement of the electrical impedance per unit distance in a bulk material or a solution
impediment
  1. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
  2. (plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The gridlock has become a significant impediment to the economy as well.”
      “For years, he had rationalized that Muriel or any other woman could have been an impediment to his ambitions for financial and social success.”
      “One of the men, the one not wearing a tie, proved to have an extreme speech impediment but he was very eager.”
impedition
  1. (obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
impeder
  1. One who impedes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There were Katrina stories even in the sports pages where catastrophe is usually dealt with as a schedule impeder.”
      “Problems and solutions to strip selection and impeder positioning have been presented.”
impedimenta
  1. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
  2. plural of impedimentum
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Please unload the impedimenta from the car before we embark on our hiking adventure.”
      “Somehow or another all concerned manage to avoid braining each other with guitars, mic stands and various other musical impedimenta.”
      “They filled two trolleys with crockery, kettles, pots and pans and all the other impedimenta needed to kit out a new home.”
impediments
  1. plural of impediment
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There are also significant structural impediments to presidential control of the executive branch of government.”
      “The Administration's development strategy endeavors to deal with these impediments to catch-up.”
      “Further, Of these diriment impediments some are temporary, as defect of age, and some are perpetual, such as Holy Orders.”
impeditions
  1. plural of impedition
impedivities
  1. plural of impedivity
impedances
impeders
  1. plural of impeder
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