capacitor

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscapacitancecondenserelectrical condenser

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowerbypass condenserelectrolyticLeiden jartrimmer

   Part ofcircuitdistributor

Other forms of capacitor

plural

capacitors·

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 capacitor

What does capacitor mean?

capacitor means "an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge".

How many syllables are in capacitor?

capacitor has 4 syllables: ca-pac-i-tor. The stress falls on "pac". In IPA it is /kəˈpæsətɚ/.

What is another word for capacitor?

Close synonyms include capacitance, 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 capacitor a common word?

capacitor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.