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Why did the writers of Back to the Future call the "flux" in flux capacitor, and what is a "capacitor"?

Asked by talljasperman (21916points) February 25th, 2014

Flux is the material to heat and melt metals so why would flux have anything to do with time travel, unless time itself is heated in some way? What do you think can we work on making our own time machines from understanding what a Flux capacitor is. Also What is a capacitor?

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