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Examples of capacitor in a Sentence
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The researchers’ prototype is able to do this because no power is needed to harvest magnetic energy; the device can continue to build up energy even after its capacitors are empty.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
But as detailed in the YouTube video, the one bought off eBay only has two inductors, as well as a large electrolytic capacitor, but a lot less circuitry overall.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
The capacitors are then charged and discharged in sequence to exchange energy with the AC network.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2023
New developers are breathing fresh code into this aged machine, hardware hackers and tinkerers are ensuring that tired capacitors and CRTs stay functional, and a new game has seen retail release after sitting unplayed for four decades.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
Relying on a ceramic multilayer capacitor, this regenerative heat exchanger (a.k.a. regenerator) features a difference in temperature more than 50 percent greater than any electrocaloric that preceded it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
The hardware worked by adding charge to the capacitor, which would heat the fluid in its immediate vicinity.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
There is an array of thin, lightweight solar cells to harvest energy, which is stored in a little capacitor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2023
Thinner capacitor layers would also boost the efficiency of heat transfer but may not be compatible with the addition of waterproofing.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Capacitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capacitor. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər
: a device for storing electric charge
called also condenser
Medical Definition
capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər
: a device giving capacitance and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric
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