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• capacitor dielectric and piezoelectric ceramics — ▪ ceramics Introduction       advanced industrial materials that, by virtue of their poor electrical conductivity, are useful in the production of electrical storage or generating devices.       Capacitors (capacitor) are devices that store… …   Universalium

• capacitor — /keuh pas i teuhr/, n. Elect. a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric. Also called condenser. [1925 30; CAPACIT(Y) +… …   Universalium

• capacitor — A device for holding a charge of electricity. SYN: condenser (4). * * * ca·pac·i·tor kə pas ət ər n a device giving capacitance and usu. consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the… …   Medical dictionary

• capacitor — ca•pac•i•tor [[t]kəˈpæs ɪ tər[/t]] n. elm a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric Also called condenser • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

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• 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