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1. capacitor
   (electronics) An electronic device that can store electrical charge. The charge stored Q in Coulombs is related to the capacitance C in Farads and the voltage V across the capacitor in Volts by Q = CV. The basis of a dynamic RAM cell is a capacitor. They are also used for power-supply smoothing (o...
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2. capacitor
   Type: Term Pronunciation: kă-pas′i-ter, -tōr Definitions: 1. A device for holding a charge of electricity. 2. A substance or protein with a capacity to buffer or an ability to retain or hold. Synonyms: condenser4
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3. capacitor
   [n] - an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
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4. Capacitor
   1) A device consisting of two or more conducting plates separated from one another by an insulating material and used for storing an electrical charge. Sometimes called a condenser.
   2) An electronic device that is composed of two plates separated by an insulator.
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5. Capacitor
   A capacitor is a device which can store electrical charge. Capacitors are often used to introduce a time delay in electronic circuits. The SI unit of capacitance is the farad
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6. Capacitor
   A device providing electrical capacitance. They are measured in Farads, but typical components have values measured in Pico-Farads (10^-12F) and Micro-Farads (10^-6F). Depending on type they can be polarised, (requiring particular polarity with one end more positive than the othe...
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7. Capacitor
   An electrical component that passes alternating currents but blocks direct currents.Also called a condenser, it is capable of storing electrical energy or to buffer power supply lines to provide extra charge when needed. Can also be used in other places to filter out sudden changes in voltage. The a...
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8. Capacitor
   A device used to store and release electricity, usually as the result of a chemical action. Also referred to as a storage cell, a secondary cell, a condenser or an accumulator. A Leyden Jar was an early example of a capacitor.
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9. Capacitor
   A passive electrical device that stores energy in an electric field.
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10. capacitor
    A discrete device that stores an electrical charge on two conductors separated by a dielectric.
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11. Capacitor
    a passive electronic-circuit component consisting of,in basic form,two metal electrodes or plates separated by a dielectric Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a device capable of storing a fluidic signal at a specific point in a pneumatic control circuit Category: Mechanica...
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12. Capacitor
    Electrical component once more commonly known as a condenser. Stores electrical energy supplied by a power source and can discharge it more rapidly than the source itself. Used in flash equipment, providing reliable bulb firing even from weak batteries, and supplying the surge needed for electronic flash tubes.
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13. capacitor
    <radiobiology> Device used to store electrical energy by accumulating charge on conductors situated close to one another. Energy may be stored and withdrawn at varying rates. Used in short-pulse plasma devices where only a moderate amount of energy is needed. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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14. capacitor
    capacitance noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
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15. capacitor
    (kә-pas´ĭ-tәr) a device for holding and storing charges of electricity, made of two conductors separated by insulating material. Called also condenser.
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16. capacitor
    (from the article `capacitance`) Capacitance in electric circuits is deliberately introduced by a device called a capacitor. It was discovered by the Prussian scientist Ewald Georg ... As electric charges do not flow through the insulation from one plate of a capacitor to the other, there is no conduction current; instead, a ... A us...
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17. Capacitor
    An electrical device having Capacitance.
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18. capacitor
    two-terminal device characterized essentially by its capacitance
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19. Capacitor
    A device that stores electrical energy. Used on single phase motors.
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20. capacitor
    capacitor or condenser,device for the storage of electric charge. Simple capacitors consist of two plates made of an electrically conducting material (e.g., a metal) and separated by a nonconducting material or dielectric (e.g., glass, paraffin, mica, oil, paper, tantalum, or air). The Leyden jar is...
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21. Capacitor
    A capacitor is an electrical device consisting of two conductive bodies separated by insulating material and thus possessing capacitance.
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22. capacitor
    Device for storing electric charge, used in electronic circuits; it consists of two or more metal plates separated by an insulating layer called a dielectric (see capacitance). Its capacitance is the ratio of the charge stored on either plate to the potential difference between the plates
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23. capacitor
    a device for storing electric charge; consists of two conducting objects placed near each other but not touching; typically, when there is a voltage gradient between them, the energy can be kept stored until it needs to be discharged or until the voltage grows high enough that it spontaneously discharges.
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24. Capacitor
    A `capacitor` (formerly known as `condenser`) is a device for storing electric charge. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two conductors separated by a non-conductor. Capacitors used as parts of electrical systems, for example, consist of metal foils separated by...
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