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statfarad

[ stat-far-uhd, -ad ]
/ ˈstætˌfær əd, -æd /
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noun Electricity.
the electrostatic unit of capacitance, equivalent to 1.1126 × 10−12 farad and equal to the capacitance of a condenser in which one statcoulomb is transferred from one conductor of the condenser to the other per volt of potential difference between the conductors.
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Origin of statfarad

stat- (see statampere) + farad
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