# Reactance

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**Reactance** may refer to:

- [Electrical reactance](/source/Electrical_reactance), the opposition to a change in voltage due to capacitance (capacitive reactance) or in current due to inductance (inductive reactance); the imaginary component of AC impedance
- [Magnetic reactance](/source/Gyrator%E2%80%93capacitor_model#Magnetic_reactance), a similar effect in magnetism
- [Reactance (psychology)](/source/Reactance_(psychology)), an emotional reaction to pressure or persuasion that results in the strengthening or adoption of a contrary belief

## See also

- [Reactants](/source/Reactants), chemical reagents
- [Reactivity (disambiguation)](/source/Reactivity_(disambiguation))

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