capacitance.

A measure of stored charge relative to a voltage difference in an electrical system.

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Words that belong together

• electrical capacitance
• capacitance measured in farads

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The measured capacitance changed when the damaged layer was replaced.

She checked capacitance before blaming the processor for the timing fault.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural capacitances for separate measured values. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.