Dictionary

capacitance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English capacitance From capacity + -ance.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
2. (countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

Forms

Antonyms

elastance

Deriveds

magnetocapacitance · pseudocapacitance · capacitation · varicap · memcapacitance · transcapacitance

Translations (38)

mi āheipuringa (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · fi kapasitanssi (element) · fi kapasitanssi (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ja 電気容量 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ja 静電容量 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ko 전기용량 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · pl pojemność elektryczna (element) · cmn 電容 /电容 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ru конденса́тор (element) · tl kalulanan (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · de Kapazität (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · bg капацитет (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ast capacitancia (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · fr capacité électrique (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · da kapacitans (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · is rafrýmd (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ja 容量 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · it capacità (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · gl capacidade eléctrica (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · pt capacitância (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · es capacitancia (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · pl pojemność elektryczna (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · nl elektrische capaciteit (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · fi kondensaattori (element) · mi kahapupuri hiko (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ast capacidá llétrica (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · id kapasitans (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ko 정전용량 (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · hu kapacitás (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · cy cynhwysiant (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · tr kapasitans (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · hi धारिता (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · gl capacitancia (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · sv kapacitans (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ru ёмкость (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ro capacitate electrică (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ca capacitància (property of an element of an electrical circuit) · ko 용량 (property of an element of an electrical circuit)

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