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farad
CIDE DICTIONARY
farad, n. [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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