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The key upgrade on these speakers is the new capacitors used in the crossover for the drivers.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Specifically, in the corner of the LC III board, near the power supply connector, there are three capacitors nearby, C19, C21, and C22.
—Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
Gold is abundant in the region, which also has rich deposits of rare metals such as coltan, used to make capacitors, and niobium, used to make superalloys for jet engines and hypersonic missiles.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Eventually, that capacitor discharges, and out shoots a lightning bolt, five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
—Chris Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Specifically, in the corner of the LC III board, near the power supply connector, there are three capacitors nearby, C19, C21, and C22.
—Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
Gold is abundant in the region, which also has rich deposits of rare metals such as coltan, used to make capacitors, and niobium, used to make superalloys for jet engines and hypersonic missiles.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Eventually, that capacitor discharges, and out shoots a lightning bolt, five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
—Chris Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Capacitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capacitor. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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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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