"Faraday" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Faradays [plural]
Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Ó Fearadaigh. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|Ó Fearadaigh}} Irish Ó Fearadaigh Head templates: {{en-prop|~}} Faraday (countable and uncountable, plural Faradays)
  1. A surname from Irish. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Victoria, Australia, Villages in Australia, Villages in Victoria, Australia Derived forms: Faradayan, Faraday bag, Faraday cage, Faraday dark space, Faraday pointer, Faraday rotation, Faraday tensor Related terms: Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist
    Sense id: en-Faraday-en-name-XPPfIuUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 55 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 65 8 8
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