Elastance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge wordnet
  3. 3
    The inverse of compliance. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards. countable, uncountable

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electrical elastance

Etymology

* From 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.

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