Measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

• A material's capacity to conduct electricity

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conductance \Con*duct"ance\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"tans), n. [Conduct, v. + -ance.] (Elec.) Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance . A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm. Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In graph theory the conductance of a graph G =( V , E ) measures how "well-knit" the graph is: it controls how fast a random walk on G converges to a uniform distribution . The conductance of a graph is often called the Cheeger constant of a graph as the ...