capacitance

(kə pasi təns)

noun

Elec. 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: abbrev. C

Origin: capacit(y) + -ance

See capacitance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Symbol C The ratio of charge to potential on an electrically charged, isolated conductor.
  2. Symbol C The ratio of the electric charge transferred from one to the other of a pair of conductors to the resulting potential difference between them.
  3. a. The property of a circuit element that permits it to store charge.
    b. The part of the circuit exhibiting capacitance.

Origin:

Origin: capacit(y)

Origin: + -ance

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Related Forms:

  • ca·pacˈi·tive (-tĭv) adjective
  • ca·pacˈi·tive·ly adverb

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