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impedance

quotient of the voltage phasor and the electric current phasor
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Summary

impedance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,386 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: immittance[2], physical quantity[3], scalar quantity[4], phasor[5], electrical resistance[6]
  • Commons category: Electrical impedance[7]
  • Opposite of: admittance[8]
  • Has part(s): electrical resistance[9], electric reactance[10]
  • Described at URL: https://de.langenscheidt.com/englisch-deutsch/impedance[11]
  • Described by source: IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism[12], IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[15]
  • Recommended unit of measurement: ohm[16], kilogram square metre per cubic second square ampere[17]
  • P14852: 0000339[18]

Why It Matters

impedance has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] impedance is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14852 → 0000339
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14852: 0000339"
  2. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007541087005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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