susceptance

[suh-sep-tuhns]

sus·cep·tance

[suh-sep-tuhns]
noun Electricity.
the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B

Origin:
1905–10; suscept(ibility) + -ance
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susceptance (səˈsɛptəns)
 
n
physics the imaginary component of the admittance
 
[C19: from suscept(ibility) + -ance]

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