capacitance ratio
1capacitance — ca*pac i*tance (k[.a]*p[a^]s [i^]*tans), n. 1. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored. Syn: electrical capacity, capacity. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Electronics) a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge;… …
2capacitance — ► NOUN Physics ▪ the ability of a circuit or object to store electric charge, equivalent to the ratio of the change in electric charge to the corresponding change in electric potential …
3capacitance — [kə pas′i təns] n. [ CAPACIT(Y) + ANCE] Elec. that property of a capacitor which determines how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential difference between its terminals, equal to the ratio of the charge stored to the potential… …
4capacitance — /keuh pas i teuhns/, n. Elect. 1. the ratio of an impressed charge on a conductor to the corresponding change in potential. 2. the ratio of the charge on either conductor of a capacitor to the potential difference between the conductors. 3. the… …
5Capacitance — Electromagnetism Electricity · …
6capacitance — The quantity of electric charge that may be stored upon a body per unit electric potential; expressed in farads, abfarads, or statfarads. * * * ca·pac·i·tance kə pas ət ən(t)s n 1 a) the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the… …
7capacitance — noun Etymology: capacity Date: 1893 1. a. the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the storage of energy as a result of the separation of charge that occurs when opposite surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of …
8capacitance: (c) — [1] The property which opposes any change in voltage in an electrical circuit. The property of a nonconductor by which it stores electrical energy when separated surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of potential.… …
9capacitance — [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 …
10capacitance — ca•pac•i•tance [[t]kəˈpæs ɪ təns[/t]] n. 1) elm the ratio of the charge on either conductor of a capacitor to the potential difference between the conductors 2) elm the property of being able to collect a charge of electricity Symbol: C 8) •… …
