ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Elastance

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Elastance is a noun meaning (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.

Meaning

(physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.

More Meanings

  1. (mechanics) The inverse of compliance.
  2. (medicine) A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.

Word Forms

Antonyms for elastance

Common opposites include compliance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elastoresistivity, elastoresistance, elastometry, elastocapillarity, elastostatics, capacitance.

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