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Impedance

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The total opposition that a circuit offers to the flow of alternating current (AC) or any other time varying current at a particular frequency. It is a combination of resistance R and reactance X, ...

String voltage

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The voltage of a single series-connected solar array segment. Often this is the power system voltage.

Plasma temperature

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The kinetic temperature of a thermal plasma. Often this is expressed in energy units (eV), giving the average thermal energy of an ion or electron in the plasma. The ion temperatures need not be the ...

Cathode

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The electrode through which an electric current leaves a liquid, gas, or other discrete part of an electric circuit; the negatively charged pole of an electrochemical cell.

Electric field intensity

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The force exerted on a stationary positive charge per unit charge at a point in an electric field. Designated by E. Also known as electric field strength, electric field vector.