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Capacitance vs Condenser - What's the difference?

capacitance | condenser |

As nouns the difference between capacitance and condenser

is that capacitance is (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) while condenser is a device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.

capacitance

English

(wikipedia capacitance)

Noun

  • (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).
  • (physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

    • Derived terms

    * capacitation

    condenser

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia condenser) (en noun)
  • A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
  • (electronics) A capacitor.
  • (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
  • A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.