Meaning & use
capacitor
An electronic component that stores electrical energy and releases it when needed.
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A faulty capacitor caused the circuit board to stop working entirely.
The engineer replaced the capacitor to fix the flickering screen.
A note on using this word
Capacitors are measured in farads and are common in circuits alongside resistors and transistors.
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