capacitor
UK/kəˈpæ.sɪ.tə//kəˈpæ.sə.tɚ/
capacitor noun: 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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Noun
capacitor (plural capacitors)
- An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
- By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency. […] It is possible to pick resistors and capacitors that will make the pitch higher than humans can hear.2021 December, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 27
- Synonyms:
- condenser
capacitor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
capacitor in Hindi
- electronic component
- संधारित्र sandhāritra, कंडेनसर kaṇḍensar, कैपेसिटर kaipesiṭar
capacitor in Tamil
- மின்தேக்கி, கொள்ளி, மின்னியல் உறைகலம், பரும அளவு, கொள்திறம், உறிஞ்சு திறன்
capacitor in Bengali
- ধারক, ক্যাপাসিটর
capacitor in Tagalog
- electronic component
- panlulan
More languagesFewer languages
- capacitor in Arabic
- مُكَثِّف mukaṯṯif, مُكَثِّفَة mukaṯṯifa, مُواسِع mūsiʕ
- capacitor in Indonesian
- kapasitor, kondensator
- capacitor in Persian
- خازن xâzen
- capacitor in Thai
- คาปาซิเตอร์ kahpahsituh
- capacitor in Vietnamese
- tụ điện
Examples of capacitor in a sentence
- You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
- Coltan is used for the production of tantalum capacitors.
- The Philips workshop in Vught produced capacitors, transformers, radio tubes, electric shavers, and dyno-torches.
Synonyms of capacitor
Forms of capacitor
| plural | capacitors |
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Origin of capacitor
From 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.
Words formed from capacitor
Questions about capacitor
- What does capacitor mean?
- Capacitor means an electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
- What is capacitor in Hindi?
- Capacitor in Hindi is संधारित्र (sandhāritra), कंडेनसर (kaṇḍensar), कैपेसिटर (kaipesiṭar). See Capacitor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is capacitor?
- Capacitor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce capacitor?
- Capacitor is pronounced /kəˈpæ.sɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of capacitor?
- The plural of capacitor is capacitors.
Words near capacitor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: capacitor (page history and authors); capacitor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capacitor (Bengali 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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