capacitive

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adjective

Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.

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

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivecapacitive (comparative more capacitive, superlative most 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.

    1 more example

    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.

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

Origin

Translations

Catalan capacitatiu
  • capacitatiuelectrostatics: of capacitance
Chinese Mandarin 電容的 /电容的, 電容性的 /电容性的
  • 電容的 /电容的 (diànróng de)electrostatics: of capacitance
  • 電容性的 /电容性的 (diànróngxìng de)electrostatics: of capacitance
Finnish kapasitiivinen
  • kapasitiivinenelectrostatics: of capacitance
French capacitif
  • capacitifelectrostatics: of capacitance
German kapazitiv
  • kapazitivelectrostatics: of capacitance
Hungarian kapacitív
  • kapacitívelectrostatics: of capacitance
Indonesian kapasitif
  • kapasitifelectrostatics: of capacitance
Polish pojemnościowy
  • pojemnościowyelectrostatics: of capacitance
Portuguese capacitivo
  • capacitivoelectrostatics: of capacitance
Romanian capacitiv
  • capacitivelectrostatics: of capacitance
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