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farad

farad

1 7.5
A unit that measures how much electric charge a device can hold
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛrəd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : faradio
  • The specifications of the circuit require components rated in farads for proper functioning.

Examples

  • It's it's square root of farads times voltages, times volts, very strange units.

  • This is in farads and this is in volts.

  • Or maybe it was Chattanooga guard Farad Cobb.

    Blog text (18)
  • It would be a large unit like the Sievert or the Farad.

    Blog text (20)
  • The result is a capacitance of 1 farad and a time constant for Earth's spherical capacitor in the range of 1000 to 3000 seconds.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Then, taking the distance to both the front gate and the back contact layer into account, one gets a capacitance C of 5 x 10^-18 farads and a related charging energy, given by e^2/2C, of about 15 med.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Self, whose Jayhawks were burned by the 18-point first-half performance of 6-foot point guard Farad Cobb, thinks he's found a solution regarding on-the-ball point guard defense.

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  • A capacitor with a capacitance of 1 farad can store a significant amount of electric charge.

  • To convert capacitance from microfarads to farads, you divide the number by one million.

Synonyms

F
vsfarad
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A unit that shows how much electric charge a device can hold

is the full unit name used in words rather than the symbol

How Much

farad
  • Specialized
1 7.5
millifarad
  • Specialized
7.5
microfarad
  • Specialized
7.7
picofarad
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

farad singular
farads plural

Etymology

The word farad is named after the scientist Michael Faraday, who studied electricity. A farad is a unit that tells how much 'electric charge' a device can 'hold', so the name links directly to Faraday's work on storing and moving electricity.