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farad [for Michael Faraday ], unit of electrical capacitance , equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference.

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farad (electr.) unit of capacity. XIX. f. name of Michael Faraday, English electrician (1791–1867), with assim. to the suffix -AD.

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farad (fa-răd) n. the SI unit of capacitance, equal to the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which a potential difference of 1 volt appears when it is charged with 1 coulomb of electricity. Symbol: F.

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