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capacitance

capacitance noun: 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).

Noun

capacitance (countable and uncountable, plural 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).
    Antonyms:
    elastance
  2. (countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

capacitance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

capacitance in Hindi

property of an element of an electrical circuit
धारिता dhāritā

capacitance in Tamil

கொள்ளளவு, கொள்திறன்

capacitance in Tagalog

property of an element of an electrical circuit
kalulanan

capacitance in Indonesian

property of an element of an electrical circuit
kapasitans

Antonyms of capacitance

Forms of capacitance

pluralcapacitances

Plural of capacitance: capacitances

Origin of capacitance

From capacity + -ance.

Words formed from capacitance

Questions about capacitance

What does capacitance mean?
Capacitance means 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).
What is capacitance in Hindi?
Capacitance in Hindi is धारिता (dhāritā). See Capacitance meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is capacitance?
Capacitance is a noun.
What is the plural of capacitance?
The plural of capacitance is capacitances.

Words near capacitance in the dictionary

  1. capacifying
  2. capacious
  3. capaciously
  4. capaciousness
  5. capaciousnesses
  6. capacitance
  7. capacitances
  8. capacitary
  9. capacitate
  10. capacitated
  11. capacitates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capacitance (page history and authors); capacitance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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