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noun
An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The inverse of compliance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: compliance
noun
the reciprocal of capacitance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: electrical elastance
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Broader terms: electrical phenomenon
History
* From elastic + -ance. * (physics): Coined by Oliver Heaviside. There is a force–voltage electromechanical analogy in which capacitance corresponds to the inverse of a spring constant; the smaller the spring constant, the more “elastic” (yielding, flexible) the spring is.
