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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

电容器

Pronunciation / Transliteration: diàn róng qì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capacitor/kəˈpæs.ɪ.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个电路板上有一个损坏的电容器。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A passive two-terminal electrical component used to store electrical energy temporarily in an electric field.

    "The technician replaced the faulty capacitor on the motherboard to restore power stability."
  2. 2

    A device designed to introduce capacitance into an electrical circuit.

    "Larger capacitors are required in power supply units to smooth out voltage fluctuations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'capacitas' (capacity), evolving through the scientific revolution when electrical devices were termed 'condensers' before adopting 'capacitor' in the mid-19th century to denote a device that holds an electrostatic charge.

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