capacitance

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Archaic Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Latin capāx
Latin -tās
Latin capācitāsder.
Old French capacitebor.
Middle English capacite
English capacity
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -iusnom.
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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.
Latin -ia
Latin -āntia
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English capacitance

    From capacity + -ance.

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    Noun

    capacitance (countable and uncountable, plural capacitances)

    2. (physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
      Antonym: elastance
    3. (physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

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