"farad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæɹæd/, /ˈfæɹəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-farad.wav [Southern-England] Forms: farads [plural]
Etymology: Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday. Head templates: {{en-noun}} farad (plural farads)
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F Categories (topical): SI units, Units of measure Derived forms: abfarad, micro-farad, milli-farad, nano-farad, picofarad Translations (unit of capacitance): فَارَاد (fārād) [masculine] (Arabic), ֆարադ (farad) (Armenian), фара́д (farád) [masculine] (Belarusian), 法拉 (fǎlā) (Chinese Mandarin), farad [masculine] (Czech), farad (Danish), farad [masculine] (Dutch), farado (Esperanto), faradi (Finnish), farad [masculine] (French), ფარადა (parada) (Georgian), Farad [neuter] (German), φαράντ (faránt) [neuter] (Greek), farad (Indonesian), ファラド (farado) (Japanese), 패럿 (paereot) (Korean), farad (Malay), farad [masculine] (Polish), farad [masculine] (Portuguese), фара́д (farád) [masculine] (Russian), фара́да (faráda) [dated, feminine] (Russian), faradio (Spanish), farad (Swedish), parad (Tagalog), фарад (farad) (Tatar), ฟารัด (faa-rát) (Thai), farad (Turkish), фара́д (farád) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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