capacitance

1. 1.

   an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

   Synonymselectrical capacitycapacity

   Broaderelectrical phenomenon
2. 2.

   an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

   Synonymscapacitorcondenserelectrical condenser

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowerbypass condenserelectrolyticLeiden jartrimmer

   Part ofcircuitdistributor

Other forms of capacitance

plural

capacitances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capacitance

What does capacitance mean?

capacitance means "an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capacitance?

capacitance has 4 syllables: ca-pac-i-tance. The stress falls on "pac". In IPA it is /kəˈpæsətəns/.

What is another word for capacitance?

Close synonyms include electrical capacity, capacity, capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capacitance a common word?

capacitance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.