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farad
[ far-uhd, -ad ]
noun
, Electricity.
- the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. : F
farad
/ ˈfærəd; -æd /
noun
- physics the derived SI unit of electric capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which a potential of 1 volt is created by a charge of 1 coulomb F
farad
/ făr′əd /
- The SI derived unit used to measure electric capacitance. A capacitor in which a stored charge of one coulomb provides an electric potential difference of one volt across its plates has a capacitance of one farad.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of farad1
C19: named after Michael Faraday
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