Capacitors

Capacitors

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Capacitors

Capacitive reactance

Electronic components; Capacitors

The non-heating impedance component of the capacitor when AC flows.

Capacitor

Electronic components; Capacitors

An electrical/electronic part that stores electrical charges. In its simplest form it consists of two conducting surfaces separated by a dielectric.

Cathode

Electronic components; Capacitors

The electrode through which an electric current leaves a liquid, gas, or other discrete part of an electric current; the negatively charged pole of an electrochemical cell.

Charge

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In electrostatics, the amount of electricity present upon any substance, which has accumulated electric energy.

Conductance

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The reciprocal of resistance. It is the ratio of current passing through a material to the potential difference at its ends.

Conductivity

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Reciprocal of volume resistance. The conductance of a unit cube of any material.

Conductor

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An electrical path which offers comparatively little resistance. A wire or combination of wires not insulated from one another, suitable for carrying a single electric current.