Capacitance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  capacitance \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; the ratio of the charge on one
        plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between
        the plates.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  capacitance
       n 1: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is
            stored [syn: {electrical capacity}, {capacity}]
       2: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store
          an electric charge [syn: {capacitor}, {condenser}, {electrical
          condenser}]