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A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: electrical phenomenon
From conduct + -ance. Coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1885.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
konduktanssi
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Finnish:
sähkönjohtavuus
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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French:
conductance
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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German:
elektrischer Leitwert
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Greek:
αγωγιμότητα
(agogimótita)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Japanese:
コンダクタンス
(kondakutansu)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Kazakh:
электрөткізгіштік
(élektrötkızgıştık)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Korean:
컨덕턴스
(keondeokteonseu)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Romanian:
conductanță
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Russian:
электропроводность
(elektroprovodnostʹ)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Russian:
проводимость
(provodimostʹ)
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Serbo-Croatian:
konduktancija
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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Serbo-Croatian:
vodljivost
— measure of the ability to conduct electricity