elastance
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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.
Noun edit
elastance (countable and uncountable, plural elastances)
- (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance
- (mechanics) The inverse of compliance
- (medicine) A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards. Opposite of compliance
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- OED2