Faraday

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately −96,487 coulombs.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable

    "Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting public buildings in Faraday cages."

  2. 2
    A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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michael faraday

Example

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"This instrument is what’s known as a Faraday cup, a sensor designed to measure the ion and electron fluxes and flow angles from the solar wind."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Anglicized from Irish Ó Fearadaigh.

Etymology 2

From Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.

Related phrases

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