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adj. - Of or relating to the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the storage of energy as a result of electric displacement when opposite surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of potential

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  • The iPhone's light tap screen is a "capacitive" one.
  • Additionally, they integrate peripherals not commonly found in low-power microcontrollers, such as capacitive touch sensing.
  • Fig 6 Compensating an inductive with a capacitive current.
  • A capacitive touch screen with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard;.
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