conductance
conductance noun: a measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
Noun
conductance (countable and uncountable, plural conductances)
- A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
conductance meaning in Tamil
conductance in Tamil
- கடத்து திறன், கடத்தம், கடத்துவலு, மின் கடத்து திறன், கடத்துதிறன்
Forms of conductance
| plural | conductances |
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Origin of conductance
From conduct + -ance. Coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1885.
Words formed from conductance
Questions about conductance
- What does conductance mean?
- Conductance means a measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
- What is conductance in Tamil?
- Conductance in Tamil is கடத்து திறன், கடத்தம், கடத்துவலு. See Conductance meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is conductance?
- Conductance is a noun.
- What is the plural of conductance?
- The plural of conductance is conductances.
Words near conductance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conductance (page history and authors); conductance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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