| | CAPACITANCE (GENERAL)
| | Description | The capacitance is the inverse of the slope of the capacitive characteristic (potential – stored quantity relation) for storage elements (capacitors). Examples: voltage - charge relation for electric capacitors; temperature - entropy relation for bodies storing entropy; pressure - volume relation for fluid containers. | | Symbols | C (electricity), C_V (hydraulics), K_S (thermal system), J (rotation), m_i (translation) | | Relations | 
| | Units | general: [X] / [phi]; electricity: F(arad); hydraulics: m^3/Pa; thermal: J/K^2; rotation: N·m·s^2 = kg·m^2; translation: kg | | Synonyms | in hydraulics: compliance | | Related to | hydraulic capacitance, compliance, electric capacitance, entropy capacitance, momentum capacitance (inertial mass), angular momentum capacitance (moment of inertia); elastance (stiffness), warming factor | | Remarks | In mechanics, mass and moment of inertia are the momentum capacitance and the angular momentum capacitance, respectively. | | German | Kapazität | | |
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