capacitance
pronunciation
How to pronounce capacitance in British English:
UK [kəˈpæsɪtəns]
How to pronounce capacitance in American English:
US [kəˈpæsɪtəns]
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- Noun:
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Word Origin
- capacitance (n.)
- 1893, from capacity + -ance.
Example
- 1. Self capacitance : circuitry monitors changes in an array ofelectrodes .
- 2. Mutual capacitance : a layer ofdriving linescarries current .
- 3. It detected changes in capacitance on the spinning disc 's tiny grooves , and then turned that signal into image and sound .
- 4. One way to do it would be to measure the electrical properties of the different dna bases such as capacitance and conductivity .
- 5. The accelerometers in the cyber tyre have two tiny structures , the distance between which changes during acceleration and alters the electrical capacitance of the device , which is measured and converted into voltage .