Farads

far·ad   (fār'əd, -ād')    n.   Abbr. F The unit of capacitance in the meter-kilogram-second system equal to the capacitance of a capacitor having an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a potential difference of 1 volt between the plates. See Table at measurement. [After Michael Faraday.]

farad 

Main Entry: far·ad
Pronunciation: 'fa(&)r-"ad, 'far-&d
Function: noun
: the unit of capacitance equal to the capacitance of a capacitorbetween whose plates there appears a potential of one volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity —abbreviation f
Faráaáday /'far-&-"dA/, Michael(1791–1867), British physicist and chemist. Faraday ranks as one of the greatest experimental scientists of all time. In the field of electricity he demonstrated in 1821 that the forceacting on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field was circular and directed around the wire. In 1831 he discovered that an electromotive force can be induced in a circuit by varying the magneticflux linked with the circuit, and he built an elementary electric motor and dynamo. Faraday also stated the basic laws of electrolysis and introduced the terms anode, cathode,anion, cation, and electrode.

farad far·ad (fār'əd, -ād')
n.
The unit of capacitance in the meter-kilogram-second system equal to the capacitance of a capacitor having a charge of 1 coulomb when a potential difference of 1 volt is applied.