different between capacitance vs condenser

English

Noun

capacitance (countable and uncountable, plural capacitances)

1. (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).
2. (physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

condense +? -er

Noun

condenser (plural condensers)

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

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cond?ns?, cond?ns?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d??.se/

Verb

condenser

1. (transitive) to condense
2. (transitive) to compress
3. (transitive) to concentrate

Conjugation

Related terms

• condensation
• dense

Further reading

• “condenser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

cond?nser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cond?ns?