conductance
[kuh n-duhk-tuh ns]
noun Electricity.
the conducting power, especially the power to conduct alternating current, of a conductor, equal to the real part of the admittance, and in a circuit with no reactance equal to the reciprocal of the resistance. Symbol: G
Origin of conductance
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The exact correlative terms are resistance and conductance, resistivity and conductivity.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1Kempster Miller
As conductance is the reciprocal of resistance it is measured by the reciprocal ohm or mho.
The Radio Amateur's Hand BookA. Frederick Collins
This rule may be understood better if we consider the conductance of the conductors in parallel.
PhysicsWillis Eugene Tower
conductance
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