Word Type

Noun

The word "capacitor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

store charge

Coordinate Terms

varactor

Derived Terms

capacitor plague capacitorless electrolytic capacitor ferroelectric capacitor flux capacitor gimmick capacitor memcapacitor nanocapacitor pseudocapacitor supercapacitor ultracapacitor

Derived From

capacity

Inflected/Variant Forms

capacitator

Context

electronics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

electrical device

Type Of (IsA)

electrical device electronic component product two terminal electrical device

Made Of

2 piece of thin metal seperated by insulator separate plates

Part Of

circuit distributor

Related Terms

capacitance capacity

Related Terms

capacitance capacity component condenser conductor dielectric electronic varactor

Synonym Network

condenser condensor

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