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NounPlural: farads |
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| farad - the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates | ||
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| capacitance unit a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge | ||
| abfarad a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads | ||
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- farad (Noun)
In the International System of Units , the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- farad (n.)
The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.
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farad
The SI unit of capacitance with symbol "F".
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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farad
far′ad, n. the name of the practical unit of electrical capacity—the capacity of a conductor which when raised to a potential of one volt has a charge of one coulomb.—adj. Farad′ic.—n. Faradisā′tion.—v.t. Far′adise.—ns. Far′adism; Microfar′ad, the millionth part of a farad. [From Michael Faraday (1791-1867).]
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🔤- farad, noun, singular of farads.
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