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FARAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("farad" is a kind of...):
capacitance unit (a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge)
Meronyms (parts of "farad"):
millifarad (a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad)
Holonyms ("farad" is a part of...):
abfarad (a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads)