Definition of Reactances

1. reactance [n] - See also: reactance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reactances

reacquaint
reacquaintance
reacquaintances
reacquainted
reacquainting
reacquaints
reacquire
reacquired
reacquired stock
reacquires
reacquiring
reacquisition
reacquisitions
react
reactance
reactances (current term)
reactant
reactants
reacted
reacting
reaction
reaction-propulsion engine
reaction centre
reaction engine
reaction formation
reaction intermediate
reaction mechanism
reaction mechanisms
reaction mixture
reaction mixtures

Literary usage of Reactances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1900)
"Power Losses in reactances. In the preceding equations, the losses of power in ... Approximately, the inductive reactances are (a — /) z0 and (a — j) x^ ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"Mr. Torchio suggests selecting busbar reactances with an ampere rating the same as that of the oil switches in the busbars. ..."

3. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"The reactances used for the constant-potential constant-current transformation may be divided between inductive and con- ..."

4. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"That is, to produce the constant-current power, P, from a single-phase constant-potential circuit, the apparent power, 2 P, must be used in reactances; or, ..."

5. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Leakage reactances.—The diameter of the circle, in the diagram for the induction motor, is inversely proportional to the sum of the reactances, ..."

6. The Electric Circuit by Vladimir Karapetoff (1912)
"The Secondary Resistances and reactances Reduced to the Primary Circuit. ... Equations (236) and (237) refer to the resistances and reactances per phase, ..."

7. General Electric Company Review by General Electric Company (1910)
"POWER LIMITING reactances BY DR. CP STEINMETZ In the appreciation of the effect of reactance in alternating current circuits, three periods can be ..."

8. Theory and Calculation of Electric Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"That is, to produce the constant-current power, P, from a single-phase constant-potential circuit, the apparent power, 2 P, must be used in reactances; or, ..."

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