capacitor

Summary

capacitor is a type of electronic component^[1]. capacitor draws 9,137 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_electronic_component category, ranking #630 of 16).^[2]

Key Facts

• capacitor is credited with the discovery of Ewald Georg von Kleist^[3].
• capacitor is credited with the discovery of Pieter van Musschenbroek^[4].
• capacitor's instance of is recorded as type of electronic component^[5].
• capacitor's instance of is recorded as passive electronic component^[6].
• capacitor is a type of electronic component^[7].
• capacitor is a type of passive electronic component^[8].
• capacitor is a type of one-port circuit^[9].
• capacitor's Commons category is recorded as Capacitors^[10].
• capacitor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Capacitors^[11].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs7mg2p#zhj73qt^[12].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://electronicsclub.info/capacitors.htm^[13].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.modellingelectronics.co.uk/faq/all-about-capacitors/^[14].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/capacitor/cap_2.html^[15].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://ccea.org.uk/downloads/docs/Support/Factfile/2019/Fact%20File%3A%202.2%20Electronic%20Concepts%20and%20Ohm%E2%80%99s%20Law%3A%20Capacitors_0.pdf^[16].
• capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/electronic_components/capacitors/capacitor-types.php^[17].
• capacitor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• capacitor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• capacitor's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• capacitor's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://electronics.stackexchange.com/tags/capacitor^[21].
• capacitor's has characteristic is recorded as capacitance^[22].
• capacitor's short name is recorded as C^[23].
• capacitor's different from is recorded as battery^[24].
• capacitor's different from is recorded as condenser^[25].
• capacitor's uses is recorded as capacitance^[26].
• capacitor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of electronic component^[5] and passive electronic component^[6]. Recorded subclass of include electronic component^[7], passive electronic component^[8], and one-port circuit^[9].

Why It Matters

capacitor draws 9,137 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_electronic_component category, ranking #630 of 16).^[2] capacitor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] capacitor is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]