stathenry

[ stat-hen-ree ]

noun

, Electricity.

, plural stat·hen·ries, stat·hen·rys.

1. the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stathenry¹

stat- ( statampere ) + henry