varactor
noun
varactor is a noun meaning “A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-A-C-T-O-R, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of varactor is varactors.
What does varactor mean?
noun
- 1
A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of varactor
- varactors plural
- varactor diode
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is varactor?
Varactor appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Varactor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense solid-state diode:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diode à capacité variable, diode varicap |
| Spanish | diodo de capacidad variable, diodo varicap |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does varactor come from?
Blend of variable + reactor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).