Talk:capacitor

1. Does anyone know why English-speakers started calling them capacitors while every other language continues to call them condensers?
2. Should we tag the "condenser" definition as obsolete? Omegatron 03:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
   • Merriam-Webster's entry gives a "first known use" date of 1925, FWIW. -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 21:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)