capacitor

Significado (Inglês)

An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

Conceitos

capacitor

condensador

Sinônimos

condenser

capacitance

electrical condenser

consistence

consistency

density

refrigerator

C

electric condenser

refrigeratory

Nichicon

detonation capacitor

cap.

electric capacitor

capacitance of condenser

elec trostatic accumulator

closeness

Traduções

Kondensator

condensateur

condensador

condensatore

condensador

condensator

kondansatör

πυκνωτής

مكثف

condensor

capacitor

kapasite

kondensatör

mercek

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kəˈpæ.sɪ.tə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From capacity + -or.
Capacitor replaced the term condenser (coined by Alessandro Volta in 1782) to disambiguate it from steam condenser. The coiner is unknown but the change was recommended in 1926 by British Standard Glossary of Terms in Electrical Engineering.