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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 [syn: farad, F]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Michael Faraday Date: 1873 the unit of capacitance equal to the capacitance of a capacitor between whose plates there appears a potential of one volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Electr. the SI unit of capacitance, such that one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt. Usage: Abbr.: F. Etymology: shortening of FARADAY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.