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Farad

Farad \Far"ad\, n. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
farad

unit of electric capacity, suggested 1861, first used 1868, named for English physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867). Related: Faradic.

Wiktionary
farad

n. 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. Symbol: F

WordNet
farad

n. 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 [syn: F]

Wikipedia
Farád

Farád is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.

Farad (disambiguation)

The farad is an SI derived unit of electrical capacitance.

Farad may also refer to:

  • Farad, California, a former settlement in United States
  • Farád, a village in Hungary

Usage examples of "farad".

He spoke in a tongue of northern Vendhya not unknown to Farad or many other Afghulis, but rarely spoken in Turan.

Then he scrambled onto the boulders with the archers, as Farad led the others out into the open.

Blood trickled, Farad glared, the slave cringed and muttered something under his breath.

He still kept his eyes searching the rocks and ridges to the left, while Farad searched to the right, and Sobrim studied their Greencloak comrades.

When Conan slipped between the horses and gripped a rock to pull himself up and over, he found Farad sitting cross-legged atop the rock.

Fortunately the sight of Farad looming over him seemed to strike the man mute.

Conan and Farad shifted, so that they as well as the girl had their backs to a stout rock.

Out hunting with Farad, Conan was the first to see the patch of soot in the middle of the trampled ground.

Conan struck the bandits only a few paces ahead of Farad, and Farad only a few paces ahead of the other Afghulis.

He did not look at either Omyela or Farad, but saw out of the corner of his eye that both took the chiding to heart.

Bethina, who was keeping her courage and her wits about her for all that she was plainly fearful of what might befall Farad out on the sentry line.

Fortunately Farad could see that for himself, and what anyone could do to guard the woman, he would do.

Nor would you be happy, which is why I chose Farad even though you were my first man.

Perl Namm of Special Investigations, Imperial Security, assigned to the Dahl Sector, had been waiting for two hours in the private Palace office of Imperial Councilor Farad Sinter.

The desk of Farad Sinter was smooth and elegant, crafted from Karon wood from the Imperial Gardens, a gift from Klayus I.