# elastance

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
2. The inverse of compliance.
3. A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.

## Etymology
* 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.

## Source
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