capacitance

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An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored, or an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge.

• 🇩🇪Elektrische Kapazität: die Eigenschaft eines Systems, elektrische Ladung zu speichern, oder das Maß dafür; auch das Bauteil, das diese Eigenschaft besitzt.

1. Ability to store charge C1 formal scientific

   The ability of a system to store an electric charge, measured as the ratio of charge to potential difference.

   • The capacitor's capacitance is measured in farads.
   • Increasing the plate area raises the capacitance of the device.
   • The circuit's capacitance affects how quickly it can charge.

   🇩🇪Fähigkeit, elektrische Ladung zu speichern

   Synonyme: capacity

2. Property of a capacitor C1 formal scientific

   The characteristic of a capacitor that determines how much electric charge it can store per unit voltage.

   • This component has a capacitance of 100 microfarads.
   • The engineer calculated the required capacitance for the filter.
   • A higher capacitance allows the capacitor to store more energy.

   🇩🇪Elektrische Kapazität

   Synonyme: capacity

• capacitances plural form
• capacitances' possessive plural form
• capacitance's possessive singular form