conductance

n. (Symbol G)
A measure of a material's ability to conduct electric charge; the reciprocal of the resistance.

The real part of the admittance of an alternating-current circuit. The admittance Y of an alternating-current circuit is a complex number given by Eq. (1).
1.
The real part G is the conductance. The units of conductance, like those of admittance, are called siemens or mhos. Conductance is a positive quantity. The conductance of a resistor R is given by Eq. (2).
2.

In general the conductance of a circuit may depend on the capacitors and inductors in the circuit as well as on the resistors. For example, the circuit in the illustration has impedance at frequency ω given by Eq. (3) and admittance given by Eq. (4), so that the conductance, given by Eq. (5), depends on
3.

4.

5.
the inductance L as well as the resistance R. See also Admittance; Electrical impedance.

Circuit with a resistor and inductor in series.

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Ability to conduct or transmit, as electricity or other energy or material; in studies of respiration, an expression of the amount of air reaching the alveoli per unit of time per unit of pressure, the reciprocal of resistance.

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