farad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: farad	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
farad n 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 Synonym(s): farad, F
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farad \Far"ad\, n. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.] (Elec.) 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.