power factor

English

Noun

power factor (plural power factors)

  1. (electrical, engineering) The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle between the voltage and the current.
    The power factor is of interest because it is a measure of the power which does useful work.
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