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capacitor
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Figure 7.3 illustrates this for the same capacitor as that in Figure 7.2. ▪ Formal electronics schooling teaches you about resistors, capacitors and transistors, obviously. ▪ It is a schematic diagram of the manufacturing process ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
capacitor \ca*pac"i*tor\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[~e]r), n. a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance. Syn: condenser, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A capacitor (originally known as a condenser ) is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store electrical energy temporarily in an electric field . The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitance , condenser , electrical condenser ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context electronics English) An electronic component capable of storing an electric charge; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"device which stores electricity," 1926, from capacity with Latinate agent-noun ending.
Usage examples of capacitor.
She moved cautiously in that direction, toward the capacitor compartments.
Hutch tied it securely around the capacitor, knotted it, and looked up.
Hutch assisted, and the line lifted the capacitor out of its compartment and hauled it clear of the spacecraft.
She tied the line around the front and rear of the capacitor and secured it.
The sun-bright glare around the power capacitor began to diffuse outward as the casehardened metal alloy vaporized into superheated plasma.
And barely two seconds into the assault, the Republic weapons burned through the armor to the high-energy capacitor behind it.
Moxie worked on the same principle as the capacitor tiles on these ships.
Rod levels, capacitor flow, compensators, thruster controls, rackers, pressure gauges, and the jeklight radiation charge.
Ferrol said, keeping the bulk of his attention on the capacitor countdown timer and the scene on the main tactical display.
LACs rely on the capacitor rings to power their offensive armament, and a lot of them rely on the capacitors even for their point-defense clusters.
They were probably in local control and feeding only from the capacitor rings, but they struck back with the defiant gallantry of despair.
And Streedy was one such producer of power, working in a Thornapple power plant as a capacitor, which suggests he had some native abilities beyond what is normal.
Like the capacitor of the spark gap transmitter, this one needs to endure high voltages.
Nonetheless, the preferred material for capacitor dielectrics is certainly sheet mica.
United States is the largest producer of bulk mica, but the greater part of the capacitor grade mica is mined in India.