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Electronic components

Any basic device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.

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hertz

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

(Hz) A term replacing cycles-per-second as an indication of frequency.

hygroscopic

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Tending to absorb moisture.

hysteresis

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

An effect in which the magnitude of a resulting quantity is different during increases in the magnitude of the cause than during decreases due to internal friction in a substance ...

impedance

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

The total opposition that a circuit offers to the flow of alternating current or any other varying current at a particular frequency. It is a combination of resistance R and ...

impregnate

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

To fill the voids and interstices of a material with a compound.

impulse

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

A surge of unidirectional polarity.

insulation

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Material having a high resistance to the flow of electric current, which prevents leakage of current from a conductor.