conductance
noun
con·duc·tance
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Definition of conductance
1
: conducting power
2
: the readiness with which a conductor transmits an electric current expressed as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
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As the magnetic field changes, the material’s conductance jumps from value to value. — Quanta Magazine, "Nobel Prize Awarded for Quantum Topology," 4 Oct. 2016 At the same time, clearing the lithium out of a device changes the conductance of all its neighbors. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers make RAM from a phase change we don’t entirely understand," 18 Dec. 2018 Sufficiently high levels of lithium result in the transfer of an electron to molybdenum (which in turn alters the structure of the material) and a boost of its conductance. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers make RAM from a phase change we don’t entirely understand," 18 Dec. 2018 Dormio use sensors on an electronic glove to measure muscle tone, heart rate, and skin conductance to detect the shift from hypnagogia and actual sleep. — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, "This Device Will Capture Ideas from Your Dreams," 29 Apr. 2018 However, when Ramachandran showed David photos of family members and strangers, his skin conductance remained at the same level for both. — Meeri Kim, Washington Post, "This strange syndrome causes people to think their loved ones have been replaced by identical impostors," 7 Apr. 2018 Professor Aarøe and her colleagues showed participants images related to infection and disease and measured their the flight-or-flight responses via skin conductance, as reported in a paper published Monday in the American Political Science Review. — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "Study finds link between being easily grossed out, shunning immigrants," 3 May 2017 Each of the objects responds to a different signal of biometric data: A bowl of sugar rises and falls, mimicking your breath rate; a tea bag bobs up and down to the beat of your heart; a phonograph slows and speeds up based on skin conductance. — Liz Stinson, WIRED, "Using Biometric Data to Make Simple Objects Come to Life," 7 Apr. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conductance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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