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abfarad

American

[ab-far-ad, -uhd] / æbˈfær æd, -əd /

noun

Electricity.

the centimeter-gram-second unit of capacitance, equivalent to 10 9 farads.

abfarad British

/ -əd, æbˈfæræd /

noun

the cgs unit of capacitance in the electromagnetic system; the capacitance of a capacitor having a charge of 1 abcoulomb and a potential difference of 1 abvolt between its conductors: equivalent to 10 ⁹ farads

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Etymology

Origin of abfarad

ab- ( see abampere) + farad

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