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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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sus·cep·tance   (sə-sěp'təns)   
n.   Electronics
The imaginary part of the complex representation of admittance.

[(electric) suscept(ibility), a measure of the ease of polarization of a dielectric + -ance.]
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