Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reactive power

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: re-ac-tive pow-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage.

Inflected Forms

reactive powers (plural)

Antonyms

active power

Questions

What does reactive power mean?: The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage.

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