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- physics A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the sum of its resistance, inductive and capacitive reactance
- physics|usually with �mechanical� a measure of opposition to motion of something subjected to a force.
- physics|usually with �acoustic� or �sound� the sound pressure divided by the particle velocity and the surface area through which an acoustic wave propagates.
- context|by analogy|software engineering|usually with �mismatch� a measure of the opposition caused by differences between two paradigms, especially between object oriented development and relational databases
#* 1997, Bhavani M. Thuraisingham, Data Management Systems: Evolution and Interoperation (ISBN 0849394937), CRC Press, page 33:
#*: Some argue that having impedance mismatch is difficult for programming intensive applications.
#* 2002, Jim Melton, Advanced SQL:1999: Understanding Object-Relational and Other Advanced Features (ISBN 1558606777), Morgan Kaufmann, page 353:
#*: But the impedance mismatch between SQL and Java was no better than betweel SQL and other languages.
#* 2004, Scott W. Ambler, The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0 (ISBN 1397805218), Cambridge University Press, page 442:
#*: Why does a technological impedance mismatch exist?
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sense|physics|measure of opposition to flow of current qualifier|symbol Z
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trans-top|physics, measure of opposition to flow of current
Croatian: t-|hr|impedancija|f
Finnish: t-|fi|impedanssi
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German: t+|de|Impedanz|f
Italian: impedenza f
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