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farad (făr`əd) [for Michael Faraday Faraday, Michael (fâr`ədē, –dā'), 1791–1867, English scientist.
..... Click the link for more information. ], unit of electrical capacitance capacitance, in electricity, capability of a body, system, circuit, or device for storing electric charge. Capacitance is expressed as the ratio of stored charge in coulombs to the impressed potential difference in volts.
..... Click the link for more information. , equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference.

A standard unit of measurement for capacitors (capacitance). One Farad (F) is equal to an increase of one volt when a charge of one coulomb is applied. In microelectronics, measurements are typically in microFarads (mF) or picoFarads (pF). See capacitance and coulomb.



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