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Definition of "conductance" [con•duct•ance]

  • A measure of a material's ability to conduct electric charge; the reciprocal of the resistance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "conductance" in a sentence
  • "A lead attached to her finger measures "skin conductance," the amount of perspiration on the skin, another physiological sign of stress."
  • "In this case the pre-recorded data were of things like the spontaneous fluctuations of human skin conductance and heart rate and gerbil's use of an exercise wheel."
  • "Healing Rhythms comes with the Iom biofeedback unit, which measures your skin conductance and heart rate variability."