Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electric circuit element used to store charge temporarily, consisting in general of two metallic plates separated and insulated from each other by a dielectric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun electronics An
electronic component capable of storing anelectric charge ; especially one consisting of twoconductors separated by adielectric .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
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Examples
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Video explains what a capacitor is and how to make one - Boing Boing make video about visible sound and vibration
Boing Boing 2009
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A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a £250,000 prize from the Royal Society for its ability to transform the cost and effectiveness of growing algae for biofuel, treating sewage and cooling computers.
Will Zimmerman Wins Royal Society's Brian Mercer Award For Innovation For 'Bubble-Maker' That Boosts Algae Biofuel Production guardian.co.uk 2010
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A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a £250,000 prize from the Royal Society for its ability to transform the cost and effectiveness of growing algae for biofuel, treating sewage and cooling computers.
Will Zimmerman Wins Royal Society's Brian Mercer Award For Innovation For 'Bubble-Maker' That Boosts Algae Biofuel Production The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a £250,000 prize from the Royal Society ...
Will Zimmerman Wins Royal Society's Brian Mercer Award For Innovation For 'Bubble-Maker' That Boosts Algae Biofuel Production guardian.co.uk 2010
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Mr. Fusion was just the thing that powered the flux capacitor from the end of the first movie on.
And off we go! 2009
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The flux capacitor is what makes time travel possible.
10 things we learned from 'Back to the Future' Jen Chaney 2010
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Charging a capacitor is like falling out of an airplane.
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Charging a capacitor is like falling out of an airplane.
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A circuit with an inductor and a capacitor is like a pendulum.
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A circuit with an inductor and a capacitor is like a pendulum.
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