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farad

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CIDE DICTIONARY

faradn. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

farad, n. Electr. the SI unit of capacitance, such that one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt.

Usage
Abbr.: F.
Etymology
shortening of FARADAY

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