specific impedance; especially the ratio of a pressure phasor associated with a wave at any given point in a medium to the velocity phasor at that point.

Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage. / plural of impedimentum

(medicine) A technique in which the volume of segments of the body can be continuously measured via electrical impedance; used to study the cardiovascular system and other physiological functions.

simple past tense and past participle of impede

(obsolete) Hindered; obstructed.

(obsolete) To impede.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impede

One who impedes.

plural of impeder

plural of impedance