> Being a Dutchman, I can relate to this.
> The Dutch word for capacitor is 'kondensator'. In older (much older, early
> tube diagrams) english text the word 'Condensor' was frequently used for a
> capacitor.

It is funny that the object and the property is posesses are sometimes the
same word, sometimes different:
- a resistor provides resistance (dutch: weerstand - weerstand )
- a coil (or inductor) provides inductance (dutch: spoel - (zelf-)inductie)
- a capacitor provides capacity (?) (dutch: condensator - capaciteit)

Wouter van Ooijen

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