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conductance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrical phenomenon

History

Etymology

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.

  • Finnish: konduktanssi — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Finnish: sähkönjohtavuus — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • French: conductance — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • German: elektrischer Leitwert — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Greek: αγωγιμότητα (agogimótita) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Japanese: コンダクタンス (kondakutansu) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Kazakh: электрөткізгіштік (élektrötkızgıştık) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Korean: 컨덕턴스 (keondeokteonseu) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Romanian: conductanță — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Russian: электропроводность (elektroprovodnostʹ) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Russian: проводимость (provodimostʹ) — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Serbo-Croatian: konduktancija — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodljivost — measure of the ability to conduct electricity
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