elastance

English

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.

Noun

elastance (countable and uncountable, plural elastances)

1. (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
2. (mechanics) The inverse of compliance.
3. (medicine) A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.

   Antonym: compliance

Translations

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} elastanza (it) f

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “elastance”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Escalante