electrolytic capacitor

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   a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte

   Synonymselectrolyticelectrolytic condenser

   Broadercapacitor

Questions about electrolytic capacitor

What does electrolytic capacitor mean?

electrolytic capacitor means "a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte".

What is another word for electrolytic capacitor?

Close synonyms include electrolytic, electrolytic 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 electrolytic capacitor a common word?

electrolytic capacitor 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.