mutual impedance

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noun Electricity.

the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.

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Origin of mutual impedance

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby mutual impedance

mutual, mutual admiration society, mutual aid, Mutual Assured Destruction, mutual fund, mutual impedance, mutual inductance, mutual induction, mutual insurance, mutual insurance company, mutualism

How to use mutual impedance in a sentence

He knew I loved him like a big brother, and I knew the feeling was mutual.
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Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
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But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.
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Sharpton noted that otherwise some of their mutual detractors might suggest that he had played a role in the appointment.
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Earlier this year, a mutual friend told me that Peter was being held captive in Syria.
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And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.
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Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.
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Such mutual distrust necessarily creates or accompanies a lack of moral courage.
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The two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.
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Suffice it to say, a mutual passion was conceived between the two cousins, and my father persuaded her to elope with him.
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