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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: F
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Broader terms: capacitance unit
History
Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
