capacitance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=pac=i=tance

CIDE DICTIONARY

capacitance, n. 

•  an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

capacitance, n. Electr.
1 the ability of a system to store an electric charge.
2 the ratio of the change in an electric charge in a system to the corresponding change in its electric potential.

Usage

Symb.: C.

Etymology

CAPACITY + -ANCE