Meanings
plural elastances
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesAn electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
- countableuncountableengineeringThe inverse of compliance.
- countableuncountablemedicineA measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.
Antonyms: compliance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.
More synonyms by meaning
nounThe capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge
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Origin
* 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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elastance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elastance
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