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elastance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
elas-tance
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The inverse of compliance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

elastances (plural)

Synonyms

electrical elastance

Antonyms

compliance

Questions

What does elastance mean?
An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
Where does elastance come from?
* 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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