Origin: Latin suffix -ance
Capacitance has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
"The sudden drop in voltage across the circuit board was caused by a component failing to properly store its capacitance when power surged."
an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
"The engineer replaced the faulty capacitor because it no longer held enough capacitance to keep the circuit stable during power surges."
The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
"The engineer adjusted the capacitor's physical distance between plates to increase its capacitance and better match the required storage capacity for the power supply."