capacitor

passive, two-terminal electronic component that stores electrical energy in an electric field
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capacitor

Summary

capacitor ranks in the top 0.81% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,300 views/month, #630 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • capacitor's image is recorded as JVC MX-J950R - power module-1112 (cropped) - Elna Silmic electrolytic capacitors.jpg[2].
  • capacitor's GND ID is recorded as 4128311-9[3].
  • capacitor's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85019859[4].
  • capacitor's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119811121[5].
  • capacitor's subclass of is recorded as electronic component[6].
  • capacitor's subclass of is recorded as passive electronic component[7].
  • capacitor's subclass of is recorded as one-port circuit[8].
  • capacitor's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573017[9].
  • capacitor's Commons category is recorded as Capacitors[10].
  • capacitor's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 41433[11].
  • capacitor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cvt8m[12].
  • capacitor's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph121792[13].
  • capacitor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Capacitors[14].
  • capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs7mg2p#zhj73qt[15].
  • capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://electronicsclub.info/capacitors.htm[16].
  • capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.modellingelectronics.co.uk/faq/all-about-capacitors/[17].
  • capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/capacitor/cap_2.html[18].
  • 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[19].
  • capacitor's described at URL is recorded as https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/electronic_components/capacitors/capacitor-types.php[20].
  • capacitor's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.315[21].
  • capacitor's PSH ID is recorded as 2173[22].
  • capacitor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • capacitor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • capacitor's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • capacitor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/capacitor[26].

Why It Matters

capacitor ranks in the top 0.81% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,300 views/month, #630 of 77,819).[1] capacitor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] capacitor is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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