Capacitance Definition

kə-păsĭ-təns
noun
The ratio of charge to potential on an electrically charged, isolated conductor.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
The property of a circuit element that permits it to store charge.
American Heritage
The part of the circuit exhibiting capacitance.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Capacitance

Noun

Singular:
capacitance
Plural:
capacitances

Origin of Capacitance

  • capacit(y) –ance

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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