Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

conductance
(1) the reciprocal of resistance.
(2) a characteristic that describes the availability and the mobility of conduction electrons within a material. The values range from zero for a perfect insulator to infinity for a perfect conductor. The units are siemens.
(3) the ability of a substance to carry a thermodynamic flow, such as current, heat, energy, etc. conducted emission an RF current propagated through an electrical conductor.
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