capacitive

English

Adjective

capacitive (comparative more capacitive, superlative most capacitive)

1. Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance

   Capacitive touchscreens are all glass and designed for use in ATMs and similar kiosk-type applications.

   • 1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Clacton-Walton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 307:

     A line voltage detector unit ascertains where the supply is 25 kV. or 6.25 kV. and appropriate connections of the transformer primary winding are made through voltage-sensitive relays fed from a capacitive potential divider.

Derived terms

• capacitive coupling
• capacitively
• capacitivity
• electrocapacitive
• magnetocapacitive
• piezocapacitive
• pseudocapacitive
• supercapacitive

 

Translations

electrostatics: of capacitance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電容的／电容的 (diànróng de), 電容性的／电容性的 (diànróngxìng de)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kapasitiivinen
• French: capacitif (fr) m
• German: kapazitiv (de)
• Hungarian: kapacitív
• Portuguese: capacitivo
• Romanian: capacitiv (ro)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pa.si.tiv/

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Adjective

capacitive

1. feminine singular of capacitif

Italian

Adjective

capacitive

1. feminine plural of capacitivo