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farad

/ˈfæɹæd/

farad noun: 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.

Noun

farad (plural farads)

  1. 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.

farad meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

farad in Tamil

ஃபாரட், பரட்டு, பாரடு

farad in Bengali

তার ধারকত্ব

farad in Tagalog

unit of capacitance
parad

farad in Arabic

unit of capacitance
فَارَاد fārād
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farad in Malay
farad
farad in Indonesian
farad
farad in Thai
ฟารัด faa-rát

Forms of farad

pluralfarads

Origin of farad

Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.

Words formed from farad

Questions about farad

What does farad mean?
Farad means 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.
What is farad in Tamil?
Farad in Tamil is ஃபாரட், பரட்டு, பாரடு. See Farad meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is farad?
Farad is a noun.
How do you pronounce farad?
Farad is pronounced /ˈfæɹæd/.
What is the plural of farad?
The plural of farad is farads.

Words near farad in the dictionary

  1. Farabees
  2. Farace
  3. Faraces
  4. Faraci
  5. Faracis
  6. farad
  7. faradaic
  8. faradaically
  9. faraday
  10. Faraday bag
  11. Faraday bags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: farad (page history and authors); farad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); farad (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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