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impedance

quotient of the voltage phasor and the electric current phasor
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impedance

Summary

impedance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,523 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • impedance is a type of immittance[2].
  • impedance is a type of physical quantity[3].
  • impedance is a type of scalar quantity[4].
  • impedance is a type of phasor[5].
  • impedance is a type of electrical resistance[6].
  • impedance's Commons category is recorded as Electrical impedance[7].
  • impedance is the opposite of admittance[8].
  • impedance comprises electrical resistance[9].
  • impedance comprises electric reactance[10].
  • impedance's described at URL is recorded as https://de.langenscheidt.com/englisch-deutsch/impedance[11].
  • impedance's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism[12].
  • impedance's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism[13].
  • impedance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • impedance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • impedance's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as ohm[16].
  • impedance's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram square metre per cubic second square ampere[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include immittance[2], physical quantity[3], scalar quantity[4], phasor[5], and electrical resistance[6]. impedance is the opposite of admittance[8].

Use and Application

Components include electrical resistance[9] and electric reactance[10].

Why It Matters

impedance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,523 views/month).[1] impedance has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] impedance is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [16] ↑ . IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Recommended unit of measurement → ohm, kilogram square metre per cubic second square ampere
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Opposite of → admittance
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541087005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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