CONDUCTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conductance mean? 

• CONDUCTANCE (noun)
  The noun CONDUCTANCE has 1 sense:

1. a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

  Familiarity information: CONDUCTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDUCTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("conductance" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

 Context examples 

Encoded by human CLCA2 Gene (similar to CLCA1), the 943-amino acid Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel-2 (CLCA Family) is expressed in trachea, lung, and mammary gland and displays outward rectifying anion conductance.

(Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel-2, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein, plays a role in the transport of chloride ions.

(CFTR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Each child wore a wrist band fitted with a device that measures skin conductance.

(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)

Decreased expiratory peak flow measurement achieved during forced expiration that primarily reflects changes in upper airway conductance and may be of limited use in evaluation of changes in peripheral airway conductance.

(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an increase in chloride channel opening events, a facilitation of chloride ion conductance, membrane hyperpolarization, and eventually inhibition of the transmission of nerve signals, thereby decreasing nervous excitation.

(Lorazepam, NCI Thesaurus)

The binding blocks the influx of positively charged potassium ions into the cells, thereby reducing potassium conductance and causing membrane depolarization.

(Meglitinide Antidiabetic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Pentobarbital sodium binds to the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-A subtype receptor, resulting in modulation of chloride transport through receptor channels and potentiation of GABA-induced increases in chloride conductance.

(Pentobarbital Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Electropositive chemical elements characterised by ductility, malleability, luster, and conductance of heat and electricity.

(Metal, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased expression of GluR2 modifies the conductance and calcium flux of neurons, and may be responsible for increased reward responses to drug.

(FosB Drug-induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (1480 aa, ~168 kDa) is encoded by the human CFTR gene.

(Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, NCI Thesaurus)