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Knowles Corporation, manufacturer of some of the world’s most advanced micro-acoustic microphones, speakers and high-performance capacitors, will be supplying the balanced armature drivers for JLab’s new Epic Sport ANC 3 true wireless earbuds.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Oh, and there’s a (non-functional) flux capacitor between the two seats.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
Heat and dust are two main contributors to the thermal degradation of capacitors, integrated circuits, and even the power supply.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2024
New water would then be pumped in, which the capacitor would cool during discharge.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Oh, and there’s a (non-functional) flux capacitor between the two seats.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
Heat and dust are two main contributors to the thermal degradation of capacitors, integrated circuits, and even the power supply.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2024
New water would then be pumped in, which the capacitor would cool during discharge.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
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“Capacitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capacitor. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər 
: a device for storing electric charge
called also condenser
Medical Definition
capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər
: a device giving capacitance and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric
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