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Capacitance vs Conductivity - What's the difference?

capacitance | conductivity |

As nouns the difference between capacitance and conductivity

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 conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound.

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

    conductivity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia conductivity)
  • The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
  • (physics) The reciprocal of resistivity

    • Derived terms

    * hydraulic conductivity

    Related terms

    * conductance

    See also

    * permeability