conductance.

1. A measure of how readily electric current flows through a component or path, equal to the reciprocal of electrical resistance.

2. A measure of how readily a path or system transmits heat, fluid, or another physical quantity under specified conditions.

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Words that belong together

• electrical conductance
• conductance measured in siemens

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The bridge measured conductance across the damaged contact.

Moisture increased the conductance of the path they had assumed was insulating.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.