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reactive power

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reactive power: see power, electric power, electric, energy dissipated in an electrical or electronic circuit or device per unit of time. The electrical energy supplied by a current to an appliance enables it to do work or provide some other form of energy such as light or heat.
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reactive power [rē′ak·tiv ′pau̇·ər]
(electricity)
The power value obtained by multiplying together the effective value of current in amperes, the effective value of voltage in volts, and the sine of the angular phase difference between current and voltage. Also known as wattless power.


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Japan does indeed have a strategy for maximizing its interests in the world; it is not a reactive power by any means, although its bilateral relationship with the United States remains its diplomacy's primary axis.
These capacitors actually store reactive power and supply it to reactive loads.
AMSC is the world's principal vendor of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire and large rotating superconductor machinery, and it is a world-leading supplier of dynamic reactive power grid stabilization products.
 
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