capacitance ratio

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• capacitance — ca*pac i*tance (k[.a]*p[a^]s [i^]*tans), n. 1. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored. Syn: electrical capacity, capacity. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Electronics) a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — /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 — Electromagnetism Electricity · …   Wikipedia

• 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 — noun Etymology: capacity Date: 1893 1. a. the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the storage of energy as a result of the separation of charge that occurs when opposite surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• capacitance: (c) — [1] The property which opposes any change in voltage in an electrical circuit. The property of a nonconductor by which it stores electrical energy when separated surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of potential.… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• capacitance — [kə pasɪt(ə)ns] noun Physics ability to store electric charge, equivalent to the ratio of the change in electric charge in a system or component to the corresponding change in electric potential. Origin C19: from capacity + ance …   English new terms dictionary

• capacitance — ca•pac•i•tance [[t]kəˈpæs ɪ təns[/t]] n. 1) elm the ratio of the charge on either conductor of a capacitor to the potential difference between the conductors 2) elm the property of being able to collect a charge of electricity Symbol: C 8) •… …   From formal English to slang

• capacitance — /kəˈpæsətəns / (say kuh pasuhtuhns) noun 1. a. the property of a system which enables it to store electrical charge. b. the extent of this, usually measured in farads; electrical capacity. 2. the ratio of a change in quantity of electricity (in a …