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parallel-plate capacitor The four fundamental passive electrical components (those that do not produce energy) are the resistor, the capacitor, the inductor, and the memristor. displacement current multilayer capacitor
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Also Known As condenser • electric capacitor • electric condenser

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parallel-plate capacitor
The four fundamental passive electrical components (those that do not produce energy) are the resistor, the capacitor, the inductor, and the memristor.
displacement current
multilayer capacitor
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Cavendish, Henry
Henry Cavendish
British physicist