conductance
noun/kənˈdʌktəns/
Frequency rank: #19,254 most common English word
Meaning
The ability of a material to conduct electric current, measured in siemens.
Example sentence
The engineer measured the conductance of the copper wire to determine how efficiently it carried electrical current.
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