elastance

== English == === 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. === Noun === elastance (countable and uncountable, plural elastances) (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance. (mechanics) The inverse of compliance. (medicine) A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards. Antonym: compliance ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “elastance”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Escalante