leakancen.
/ˈliːkəns/ Electrical conductance attributable to leakage or imperfect insulation.
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1893 O. Heaviside Electromagn. Theory I. 453 A process..of representing a large number of separate leaks by uniform leakance.
1893 O. Heaviside Electromagn. Theory I. 453 Distribute the inductive leakance uniformly, in imagination, of course.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 215 Any ordinary telegraph circuit may be made approximately distortionless by adding a certain amount of leakance, or leakage conductance.
1928 R. Bradfield & W. J. John Telephone & Power Transmission ii. 18 Since the insulation of the circuit..can never be perfect, there must be a certain leakance from wire to wire,..stated in ‘mhos’, or sometimes in ‘micro-mhos’ per mile of loop.
1928 R. Bradfield & W. J. John Telephone & Power Transmission iv. 55 The leakance of aerial circuits varies irregularly between wide limits, owing to weather and other conditions.
1962 Newnes Conc. Encycl. Electr. Engin. 845/1 Leakance and capacitance effects are large [in telecommunication lines], so that the attenuation is much higher than could be tolerated in power transmission.
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