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Admittance vs Susceptance - What's the difference?

admittance | susceptance |

In physics terms the difference between admittance and susceptance

is that admittance is the reciprocal of impedance while susceptance is the imaginary component of the admittance of an alternating current circuit.

As nouns the difference between admittance and susceptance

is that admittance is the act of admitting while susceptance is the imaginary component of the admittance of an alternating current circuit.

admittance

English

Alternative forms

* admittaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of admitting.
  • Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  • Actual entrance, reception.
  • (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , He tries again, still no admittance , still no penetration; but he had hurt me yet more, whilst my extreme love made me bear extreme pain, almost without a groan. }}
  • (British, legal) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  • (physics) The reciprocal of impedance
  • Synonyms

    * admission, access, entrance, initiation

    susceptance

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia susceptance) (en noun)
  • (physics) the imaginary component of the admittance of an alternating current circuit
  • See also

    *conductance