The Emergence Machine

Capacitance

property · Physics · Level 12 · E1

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Emergence definition

Capacitance is the ability of a system to store electric charge due to the principles of physics that govern the interactions between charged particles, which are influenced by voltage and the flow of electric current.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Capacitance” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
capacitance
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0CapacitanceVoltageCurrentCharge… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeMassActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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thisprerequisitesCapacitanceL12VoltageL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Voltage L11 (requires)
    Capacitance is the ability of a system to store electric charge.