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#### Power Triangle
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The visual representation of the relationship between the three types of [power](#power) and the [phase](#phase).
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The visual representation of the relationship between the three types of [AC](#ac)[power](#power) and [phase of voltage relative to current](#phase-of-voltage-relative-to-current).
The power that is actually consumed by the [load](#load). It is the real part of the [apparent power](#apparent-power), P in the [power triangle](#power-triangle).
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The [AC](#ac)power that is actually consumed by the [load](#load). It is the real part of the [apparent power](#apparent-power), P in the [power triangle](#power-triangle).
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#### Apparent Power
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The power that is actually supplied to the [load](#load). The magnitude of the vector sum of the [active](#active-power) and [reactive](#reactive-power) power, |S| in the [power-triangle](#power-triangle).
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The [AC](#ac)power that is actually supplied to the [load](#load). The magnitude of the vector sum of the [active](#active-power) and [reactive](#reactive-power) power, |S| in the [power-triangle](#power-triangle).
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#### Phase
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#### Phase of Voltage Relative to Current
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The angle of difference (in degrees) between current and voltage in an [AC](#ac) circuit, φ in the [power triangle](#power-triangle).
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#### Power Factor
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The ratio of real power to apparent power in an [AC](#ac) circuit. Can be obtained by computing the cosine of [φ](#phase-of-voltage-relative-to-current), in the [power triangle](#power-triangle). See the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factor) for more details.
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#### Reactive Power
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The power that is not consumed by the [load](#load), but is alternately stored and returned to the source. It is the imaginary part of the [apparent power](#apparent-power), Q in the [power triangle](#power-triangle).
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The [AC](#ac)power that is not consumed by the [load](#load), but is alternately stored and returned to the source. It is the imaginary part of the [apparent power](#apparent-power), Q in the [power triangle](#power-triangle).
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