"capacitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more capacitive [comparative], most capacitive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} capacitive (comparative more capacitive, superlative most capacitive)
  1. Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance Derived forms: capacitive coupling, capacitively, capacitivity, electrocapacitive, magnetocapacitive, piezocapacitive, pseudocapacitive, supercapacitive Translations (electrostatics: of capacitance): 電容的 (Chinese Mandarin), 电容的 (diànróng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 電容性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 电容性的 (diànróngxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), kapasitiivinen (Finnish), capacitif [masculine] (French), kapazitiv (German), kapacitív (Hungarian), capacitivo (Portuguese), capacitiv (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-capacitive-en-adj-OXZn7xTg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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