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impedance

/ɪmˈpiːdn̩s/

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noun

Behinderung, Hindernis

The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance.

Examples :

"Heavy traffic was a major impedance to our getting to the airport on time. "

Der dichte Verkehr war ein großes Hindernis für unsere pünktliche Ankunft am Flughafen.

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noun

Impedanz, Wechselstromwiderstand

Examples :

"The high impedance of the old speakers meant the music from the phone sounded weak. "

Die hohe Impedanz der alten Lautsprecher führte dazu, dass die Musik vom Telefon schwach klang.

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noun

Impedanz

A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain

Examples :

"The heavy curtains in the theater presented a high impedance to sound waves, preventing the music from escaping into the hallway. "

Die schweren Vorhänge im Theater stellten eine hohe Impedanz für Schallwellen dar und verhinderten so, dass die Musik in den Flur gelangte.

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noun

Ungleichgewicht, Widerstand

(by analogy, usually with “mismatch”) a measure of the opposition caused by differences between two paradigms, especially between object-oriented development and relational databases

Examples :

"The company struggled to integrate the new object-oriented software with its old relational database, leading to a high impedance that slowed down data access and created integration problems. "

Das Unternehmen hatte Schwierigkeiten, die neue objektorientierte Software in seine alte relationale Datenbank zu integrieren, was zu einem hohen Ungleichgewicht führte, das den Datenzugriff verlangsamte und Integrationsprobleme verursachte.

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