elastance
nounEtymology * 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.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
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Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The inverse of compliance.
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Medicine, Sciences A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to recoil inwards.