farad

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farad

/ˈfæɹæd/
/ˈfæɹəd/

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Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.

noun farads

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.

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noun unit of capacitance

Español	faradio
한국어	패럿 paereot
日本語	ファラド farado
中文	法拉 fǎlā
Português	farad
Français	farad
Deutsch	Farad
Ελληνικά	φαράντ faránt
Русский	фара́д farád, фара́да faráda
العربية	فَارَاد fārād

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"farad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/farad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"farad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/farad.

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@misc{farad_2026,
  title = {farad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}