reactance coil

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reactance coil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reactance coil \Reactance coil\ (Elec.)
     A choking coil.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Choking coil \Choking coil\ (Elec.)
     A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an
     alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the
     current, or to change its phase; -- called also reactance coil
      or reactor, these terms being now preferred in
     engineering usage.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Choky