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capacitance

ca·pac·i·tance
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh-pas-i-tuh ns]
    • /kəˈpæs ɪ təns/
    • /kəˈpæsɪtəns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-pas-i-tuh ns]
    • /kəˈpæs ɪ təns/

Definitions of capacitance word

  • noun capacitance the property of a system that enables it to store electric charge 3
  • noun capacitance a measure of this, equal to the charge that must be added to such a system to raise its electrical potential by one unit 3
  • noun capacitance that property of a capacitor which determines how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential difference between its terminals, equal to the ratio of the charge stored to the potential difference and measured in farads 3
  • noun capacitance Capacitance is the ability of a system of electrical conductors and insulators to store electric charge when a potential difference exists between the conductors. 3
  • noun capacitance The symbol for capacitance is C. 3
  • noun capacitance the ratio of an impressed charge on a conductor to the corresponding change in potential. 1
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Origin of capacitance

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; capacit(y) + -ance

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Related words

  • capacitive reactance

    the opposition of capacitance to alternating current, equal to the reciprocal of the product of the angular frequency of the current times the capacitance. Symbol: X C.

  • farad

    the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.

  • statfarad

    the electrostatic unit of capacitance, equivalent to 1.1126 × 10 −12 farad and equal to the capacitance of a condenser in which one statcoulomb is transferred from one conductor of the condenser to the other per volt of potential difference between the conductors.

  • abfarad

    the cgs unit of capacitance in the electromagnetic system; the capacitance of a capacitor having a charge of 1 abcoulomb and a potential difference of 1 abvolt between its conductors: equivalent to 109 farads

  • capacitive

    of electrical capacitance

  • elastance

    (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
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