"conductance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conductances [plural]
Etymology: Morphologically conduct + -ance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|conduct|ance|nocat=1}} conduct + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} conductance (countable and uncountable, plural conductances)
  1. (physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Derived forms: electrical conductance, heat conductance, magnetoconductance, microconductance, photoconductance, semiconductance, subconductance, thermal conductance, thermoconductance, transconductance Related terms: conductivity, siemens (english: SI unit of conductance), admittance, susceptance Translations (measure of the ability to conduct electricity): konduktanssi (Finnish), sähkönjohtavuus (Finnish), conductance [feminine] (French), elektrischer Leitwert [masculine] (German), αγωγιμότητα (agogimótita) [feminine] (Greek), コンダクタンス (kondakutansu) (Japanese), электрөткізгіштік (élektrötkızgıştık) (Kazakh), 컨덕턴스 (keondeokteonseu) (Korean), conductanță [feminine] (Romanian), электропроводность (elektroprovodnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), проводимость (provodimostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), konduktancija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vodljivost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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