capacitor

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English

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Etymology

capacity +‎ -or

Capacitor replaced the term condenser (coined by Alessandro Volta in 1782) to disambiguate it from steam condenser. The coiner is unknown but the change was recommended in 1926 by British Standard Glossary of Terms in Electrical Engineering.

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Noun

capacitor (plural capacitors)

  1. (electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

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References

  1. ^ Giovanni Saggio, Principles of Analog Electronics, p. 123, CRC Press, 2014 →ISBN.

Portuguese

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Noun

capacitor m (plural capacitores)

  1. (Brazil) capacitor
    Synonym: (Portugal) condensator

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English capacitor.

Noun

capacitor n (plural capacitoare)

  1. capacitor
    Synonym: condensator

Declension

Declension of capacitor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) capacitor capacitorul (niște) capacitoare capacitoarele
genitive/dative (unui) capacitor capacitorului (unor) capacitoare capacitoarelor
vocative capacitorule capacitoarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kapaθiˈtoɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kapasiˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ci‧tor

Noun

capacitor m (plural capacitores)

  1. capacitor
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