impedance
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- n a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- Not an instant's impedance in the arteries of democracy.
- Yale's Blum also charges Roosevelt with failure to end the Depression, and he puts the blame not only on "congressional impedance" but on general "economic ignorance.
- Another method, called electrical-impedance testing, is based on the fact that fat content affects how well the body conducts electricity.