The Emergence Machine

Capacitor

physical · Technology · Level 12 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A capacitor uses materials that can conduct electricity to store electrical charge.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0CapacitorConductorElectricalCharge… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesCapacitorL12ChargeL9ConductorL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Charge L9 (requires)
    A capacitor stores electrical charge
  • Conductor L11 (requires)
    Capacitors use conducting materials as their electrodes to store electrical charge.