faraday

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: far=a=day

CIDE DICTIONARY

faraday, n. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.].

 the quantity of electric charge that, passed though an ionic solution, will cause electrolysis of one equivalent of ions; it is equal to about 96,490 coulombs. The number of univalent metal ions (such as silver in a silver nitrate solution) which would be deposited as free metal by such a current is Avogadro's number, 6.023 x 1023.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

faraday, n. (also Faraday's constant) Electr. the quantity of electric charge carried by one mole of electrons.

Idiom

Faraday cage Electr. an earthed metal screen used for excluding electrostatic influences. Faraday effect Physics the rotation of the plane of polarization of electromagnetic waves in certain substances in a magnetic field.

Usage

Abbr.: F.

Etymology

M. Faraday, Engl. physicist d. 1867