conductance
noun
con·duc·tance
kən-ˈdək-tən(t)s 
1
: conducting power
2
: the readiness with which a conductor transmits an electric current expressed as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
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Other physiological processes, such as our breathing rate and skin conductance levels, may also line up with those of other people.
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Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
This enabled them to directly detect the piezoelectricity induced by friction by measuring the A/C conductance.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Even today’s advanced methods are slow to react to changes in chip temperature when compared to a thermal transistor, which can switch heat conductance on and off as quickly as 1 megahertz.
4.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2023
Molecular motion also can’t achieve as large a difference in thermal conductance between the on state and the off state.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2023
In that scheme, the weights are encoded as conductance values in a resistive memory element (RRAM).
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2023
Films: Physiological responses such as heart rate, skin conductance, body temperature, movement and noise; for example, when Motionless = peak engagement.
—Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
Researchers then measured skin conductance, or the electrical activity of the sweat glands, of the subjects.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 20 Sep. 2023
Skin conductance was also a good interpreter of attraction.
—Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
This enabled them to directly detect the piezoelectricity induced by friction by measuring the A/C conductance.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Even today’s advanced methods are slow to react to changes in chip temperature when compared to a thermal transistor, which can switch heat conductance on and off as quickly as 1 megahertz.
4.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2023
Molecular motion also can’t achieve as large a difference in thermal conductance between the on state and the off state.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2023
In that scheme, the weights are encoded as conductance values in a resistive memory element (RRAM).
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2023
Films: Physiological responses such as heart rate, skin conductance, body temperature, movement and noise; for example, when Motionless = peak engagement.
—Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
Researchers then measured skin conductance, or the electrical activity of the sweat glands, of the subjects.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 20 Sep. 2023
Skin conductance was also a good interpreter of attraction.
—Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
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conductance
noun
con·duc·tance
kən-ˈdək-tən(t)s
1
: conducting power
2
: the readiness with which a conductor carries an electric current that is expressed as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
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