Syn: electrical capacity, capacity.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Electronics) a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
capacitance — [ kapasitɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1927; mot angl. ♦ Phys. Impédance d un circuit qui se comporte comme un condensateur. ● capacitance nom féminin En électricité, réactance opposée par une capacité au passage d un courant alternatif sinusoïdal. capacitance… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Capacitance — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. La capacitance peut désigner : l impédance d un condensateur en électricité, elle s exprime en F (Farad). (voir : Capacité électrique) Le… … Wikipédia en Français
Capacitance — [engl.], Kapazität … Universal-Lexikon
capacitance — 1893, from CAPACITY (Cf. capacity) (q.v.) + ANCE (Cf. ance) … Etymology dictionary
capacitance — ► NOUN Physics ▪ the ability of a circuit or object to store electric charge, equivalent to the ratio of the change in electric charge to the corresponding change in electric potential … English terms dictionary
capacitance — [kə pas′i təns] n. [ CAPACIT(Y) + ANCE] Elec. that property of a capacitor which determines how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential difference between its terminals, equal to the ratio of the charge stored to the potential… … English World dictionary
Capacitance — Electromagnetism Electricity · … Wikipedia
capacitance — /keuh pas i teuhns/, n. Elect. 1. the ratio of an impressed charge on a conductor to the corresponding change in potential. 2. the ratio of the charge on either conductor of a capacitor to the potential difference between the conductors. 3. the… … Universalium
capacitance — The quantity of electric charge that may be stored upon a body per unit electric potential; expressed in farads, abfarads, or statfarads. * * * ca·pac·i·tance kə pas ət ən(t)s n 1 a) the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the… … Medical dictionary
capacitance — talpinė varža statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. capacitance; capacity reactance; capacitive reactance vok. kapazitiver Widerstand, m rus. ёмкостное сопротивление, n pranc. capacitance, f; réactance capacitive, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
