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There are different kinds of trimmer capacitors, but the most common type is made from interleaved layers of metal and Mylar (or some kind of plastic) with a screw that allow the layers to be tightened together, increasing capacitance as needed. Alternate layers of metal are connected to each terminal, basically making a meshed plate capacitor, where the distance between plates is controlled by the screw.

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