释义 |
far·ad \ˈfaˌrad, -_rəd\ noun (-s) Etymology: after Michael Faraday died 1867 English physicist 1. : the practical mks unit of capacitance equal to the capacitance of a capacitor between whose plates there appears a potential of one volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity, the unit being taken as the standard in the United States 2. : a unit of capacitance that is equal to .999505 farad and that was formerly taken as the standard in the U.S. — called also international farad |