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^[1] but the change was recommended in 1926 by British Standard Glossary of Terms in Electrical Engineering.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈpæ.sɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈpæ.sə.tɚ/

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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.
   • 2021 December, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits‎^[1], Elenco, page 27:

     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.

• condenser

• varactor

capacitor m (plural capacitores)

1. (Brazil) capacitor

   Synonym: (Portugal) condensator

Borrowed from English capacitor.

capacitor n (plural capacitoare)

1. capacitor

   Synonym: condensator

• IPA^(key): /kapaθiˈtoɾ/ [ka.pa.θiˈt̪oɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kapasiˈtoɾ/ [ka.pa.siˈt̪oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ci‧tor

capacitor m (plural capacitores)

1. capacitor