MEANING
A component that stores electrical energy in an electric field between separated conductors.
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- charge a capacitor
- capacitor bank
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The capacitor bank discharged with a sharp crack.
She waited for the capacitor to discharge before touching the circuit.
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- capacitor
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular capacitor; plural capacitors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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