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by chestertn 1433 days ago
A load being inductive, capacitive, or reactive has to do with its impedance, which is a concept related to the steady-state analysis of AC networks.

The hydraulic analogy easily extends here - just imagine water flowing back and forth.

This is well studied [1] and power engineering books make use of this analogy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_analogy.