コンデンサ
Japanese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English condenser.[1][2][3]
Originally spelled コンデンサー (kondensā). As with other imported words ending in long "ā", the final vowel has shortened in more common usage, resulting in the current spelling.
Pronunciation edit
- (Osaka) コンデンサ
Noun edit
- (electronics) a capacitor
- Though called capacitors in modern English, these electronic devices were originally called condensers from as far back as 1782. The Japanese term is based on this older terminology.
- (optics) an optical condenser, such as a lens or mirror
- (mechanics, physics) a condenser, a device or unit used to condense vapor into liquid
Usage notes edit
Japanese has also borrowed the modern English term capacitor for the electronic component, as キャパシタ (kyapashita). However, the term コンデンサ (kondensa) is used much more commonly.
Synonyms edit
- (electronics): 蓄電器 (chikudenki)
- (electronics): キャパシタ (kyapashita) (rare)
- (optics): 集光器 (shūkōki)
- (physics): 復水器 (fukusuiki)
- (physics): 凝縮器 (gyōshukuki)
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN