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ca•pac•i•tor



Pronunciation: (ku-pas'i-tur), [key]
n. Elect.
a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric. Also called condenser.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

capacitive reactancecapacity
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