CAPACITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capacitor mean? 

• CAPACITOR (noun)
  The noun CAPACITOR has 1 sense:

1. an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

  Familiarity information: CAPACITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPACITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

capacitance; capacitor; condenser; electrical condenser

Hypernyms ("capacitor" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capacitor"):

bypass capacitor; bypass condenser (a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies)

electrolytic; electrolytic capacitor; electrolytic condenser (a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte)

Leiden jar; Leyden jar (an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest)

trimmer; trimming capacitor (capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments)

Holonyms ("capacitor" is a part of...):

circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)

distributer; distributor; electrical distributor (electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence)

 Context examples 

Device problems associated with the improper combination of materials or elements present in the device (e.g., improper composition of the materials of a capacitor).

(Device Improper Composition Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Device problems related to the energy storage system (e.g. the rechargeable battery, charging system, or capacitor) and includes problems such as premature power source depletion and battery explosions.

(Device Energy Storage System Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Testing the device to determine if the correct combination of materials or elements is present (e.g., the composition of the materials of a capacitor).

(Device Composition Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The Cambridge researchers, working in collaboration with colleagues at Jiangnan University in China, have shown how graphene – a two-dimensional form of carbon – and other related materials can be directly incorporated into fabrics to produce charge storage elements such as capacitors, paving the way to textile-based power supplies which are washable, flexible and comfortable to wear.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

A SI unit of capacitance equal to the capacitance of a capacitor having an equal and opposite charge of one coulomb on each plate and a potential difference of one volt between the plates.

(Farad, NCI Thesaurus)

Other examples of accumulators include capacitors, compulsators, steam accumulator, wave energy machines, pumped-storage hydroelectric plants.

(Device Energy Storage System Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)