# conductance

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #53,456

## Definitions
1. A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.

## Etymology
From conduct + -ance. Coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1885.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/conductance