Measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

• A material's capacity to conduct electricity

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.

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

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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 ...

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 ...