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The 37 pages that link to Capacitance, each with the reason it gives.

• Electric chargeRelated: Capacitors store separated charge in proportion to the voltage applied.

• CapacitorBroader topic: This quantity describes how much charge a capacitor stores at a given voltage.

• VoltageRelated: A capacitor’s stored charge and voltage are related by its capacitance.

• ElectrostaticsRelated: Electrostatic fields between conductors determine their ability to store charge.

• Membrane potentialRelated: The membrane’s lipid bilayer separates charge, so ion currents change voltage over time.

• MicrophoneRelated: Condenser microphones sense diaphragm motion as a change in capacitance.

• Dielectric constantRelated: A dielectric between capacitor plates increases capacitance in proportion to its relative permittivity.

• PermittivityRelated: A dielectric’s permittivity helps determine a capacitor’s capacitance.

• CoulombRelated: A capacitor’s charge is calculated in coulombs from capacitance and voltage.

• ElectrophysiologyRelated: Cell membranes store charge, shaping how quickly their voltage changes.

• Electric displacement fieldRelated: In dielectric-filled capacitors, D helps relate electrode free charge to the field in the material.

• InductanceCompared with: It stores energy in an electric field, unlike inductance's magnetic-field storage.

• Power factorRelated: Capacitive loads tend to make current lead voltage, enabling compensation for inductive loads.

• Electric susceptibilityRelated: A dielectric’s susceptibility affects the capacitance when it fills the space between conductors.

• LC circuitRelated: It determines how much charge is stored at a given voltage.

• Transatlantic telegraph cableRelated: Cable capacitance spread and slowed signal changes over the long Atlantic line.

• Electric fluxRelated: Flux and Gauss’s law simplify field calculations used to derive capacitance.

• RC circuitNarrower topic: Capacitance determines how much charge the circuit stores at a given voltage.

• ThereminRelated: A player's hand changes the antenna circuit's capacitance and therefore its oscillator frequency.

• Characteristic impedanceRelated: Per-unit-length capacitance helps set the voltage-to-current ratio.

• Electric potential energyRelated: It determines stored energy through charge, voltage, and geometry.

• Polarization densityRelated: Polarization within a capacitor dielectric changes the charge and voltage relation.

• Relative permittivityRelated: Inserting a dielectric changes capacitance according to its relative permittivity and geometry.

• Ceramic capacitorRelated: Ceramic composition and geometry set the capacitance available in a given part.

• Equivalent series resistanceRelated: Capacitance and ESR together shape a real capacitor’s circuit behavior.

• Parallel-plate capacitorRelated: For ideal plates, capacitance grows with plate area and falls with their separation.

• ReactanceRelated: Capacitance determines how strongly a capacitor opposes alternating current at a given frequency.

• Leyden jarNarrower topic: The jar’s ability to store charge is described by its capacitance.

• Tantalum capacitorNarrower topic: The component's capacitance depends on electrode area, dielectric thickness, and dielectric properties.

• Film capacitorNarrower topic: Film thickness and electrode area set the component's capacitance.

• Electrolytic capacitorNarrower topic: A very thin dielectric and large effective electrode area produce the high capacitance.

• FaradNarrower topic: Capacitance is the quantity measured in farads.

• Variable capacitorNarrower topic: It is the electrical property that a variable capacitor changes.

• Electrical propertiesRelated: A capacitor's geometry and dielectric properties set its capacitance.

• Electrical resistance and conductanceCompared with: Capacitance describes charge storage, not opposition to steady current flow.

• Electrical techniquesRelated: Capacitive effects underlie sensing and signal behavior in many devices.

• GyratorRelated: A gyrator can make a capacitor at one port behave like an inductor at the other.