CAPACITANCE


Meaning of CAPACITANCE in English

[ 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 .

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