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Admittance (related to resistance and reactance)

Description

In electrical engineering, admittance is a measure of how easily a circuit or device will allow a current to flow. It is defined as the inverse of impedance. Resistance is a measure of the opposition of a circuit to the flow of a steady current, while impedance takes into account not only the resistance but also dynamic effects (known as reactance).

Related formulas

Variables

YThe admittance (siemens)
RThe resistance (ohm)
jroot of -1 (j^2 = -1) (dimensionless)
XThe reactance (ohm)