capacitance

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capacitance

noun capacitances

  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).

    Opposite: elastance

  2. countable An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

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noun element

Русскийконденса́тор kondensátor

noun property of an element of an electrical circuit

Españolcapacitancia
한국어용량 yongnyang, 전기용량 jeon'giyongnyang, 정전용량 jeongjeonyongnyang
日本語容量 yōryō, 電気容量 denkiyōryō, 静電容量 seiden'yōryō
中文電容 /电容 diànróng
हिन्दीधारिता dhāritā
Portuguêscapacitância
Françaiscapacité électrique
DeutschKapazität
Italianocapacità
Românăcapacitate electrică
Русскийёмкость jómkostʹ

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@misc{capacitance_2026,
  title = {capacitance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capacitance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}