What caused the shift from calling things like rheostats and condensers to resistors and capacitors, or the move from cycles to Hertz?

It seemed to just pop up out of nowhere, seeing as the previous terms seemed fine, and are in use for some things today (like rheostat brakes, or condenser microphones).

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        10 months ago

        On dit aussi beaucoup une capacité ou simplement une capa Pas sur si c’est un angliscisme ou une norme qui évolué

        We also say capacité, or simply capa, I am not sure whether it’s borrowed from English, or whether the official terminology evolved

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          10 months ago

          Je dis “capaciteur” parfois mais je suis pas mal certain que c’est un anglicisme effectivement

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      10 months ago

      In german too, but “Kapazitor” is usus too.

      edit: though googling it, Wikipedia says “Kondensator(Elektrotechnik)”

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      In Spain we say “condensador”

      Yes, it’s condenser too

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      10 months ago

      So, that’s where Finnish borrowed that word… like so many other words too. Perhaps calling it borrowing isn’t entirely fair, since this thing has been going on for so long and it’s been really extensive. Sort of like the way the British Museum “borrowed” a significant part of their collection from somewhere else.