Farad
//ˈfæɹæd// noun
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Noun
- 1 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.
- 2 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 wordnet
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Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.
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