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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.
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The derived SI unit of capacitance: the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates where there is a potential difference of 1 volt when charged by a quantity of electricity of 1 coulomb. This is a very large unit; microfarads (10 -6 ) and picofarads (10 -12 ) are most commonly used.
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unit of measure of capacitance. Named after Farad.
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The basic unit of capacitance. A capacitor has a capacitance of 1 farad when a voltage potential of 1 volt across it produces a charge of 1 coulomb.
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the SI unit of measurement of capacitance; equivalent to A-s/V.
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A unit of electrical capacity.
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Unit of capacitance capacitor has 1 farad of capacitance when it can store 1 coulomb of charge with a 1 volt potential across its plates.
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unit of capacitance; a very large unit, the largest practical unit being the microfarad
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The basic unit for capacitance. A capacitor has a value of one farad when it has stored one coulomb of charge with one volt across it.
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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
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a measurement of capacitance of a medium
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a very large quantities of capacitance, so we will use metric prefixes to produce more usable numbers
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The unit of capacity of a capacitor. Capacitors in our industry are rated in microfarads.
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The capacitance of a capacitor such that a potential difference of one volt across its plates causes one coulomb of charge to be stored.
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Unit of electrical capacitance, equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference. Named for Michael Faraday.
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A unit of capacity that will store one coulomb of electrical charge when one volt of electrical pressure is applied.
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The standard unit of capacitance, named after Michael Farad ay, represented by the symbol F. One farad is when one Coulomb of stored charge causes a potential difference of one Volt across its terminal
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The unit of capacitance, equivalent to one coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference. As this is a very large unit, one trillionth of it, the picofarad (pf), is commonly used.
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The unit for capacitance. A capacitor that stored one coulomb of charge with one volt across it will have a value of one farad.
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the SI unit of capacitance, named after Michael Faraday, symbol F. One farad is a very large capacitance; values of capacitors used in typical circuits are in the microfarad range (micro = one millionth).
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A farad is the measure of capacitance. One farad is equal to 1 coulomb of charge between two terminals causing one volt of potential difference.
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The unit of capacitance. Fractional values (in the millionths) are employed in practical electronics.
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The unit of capacitance, abbreviated as "F", equal to 1 coulomb per volt.
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The unit of capacitance. "F" This is a very large value and the most common units are micro farad (uF) and nano farad (n).
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Unit used to measure capacity or capacitance.
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The capacitance of a capacitor in which a charge of 1 coulomb produces a change of 1 volt in the potential difference between its terminals. The Farad is the unit of capacitance in the mksa system.
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Unit of electrical capacity; used to value capacitors.
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The basic unit of capacitance. A capacitor has a value of one farad when it can store one coulomb of charge with one volt across it.
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The basic unit of a measure of a capacitor. A capacitor charged to 1 volt with a charge of 1 coulomb would have a capacitance of 1 farad. 1 microF = .000001 Farads.
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The unit of electrostatic capacity. It represents the capacity of a conductor that requires 1 coulomb of electricity to charge it to the potential of 1 volt.
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After Michael Faraday, English (1791-1867). The farad is a unit of electrical capacitance.
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unit of capacitance. One farad is defined as the capacitance between two plats with 1 volt applied and charged by 1 coulomb.
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n. capacitor with a charge of one coulomb on each plate and a potential difference of one volt between plates.
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The unit of electrical capacitance. Used to rate the energy storing capacity of a capacitor and usually rated in microfarads. One farad = the capacitance between whose plates there appears a potential of one volt when charged by one amp/second.
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The unit of measure for capacitance. It is the capacitance of a capacitor in which an applied voltage of one volt will store a charge of one coulomb. The more practical units of capacitance are the microfarad and picofarad.
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the base unit of capacitance - equal to the capacitance of a capacitor having an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a potential difference of 1 volt between the plates (Abbreviation - F). The Farad is a very large value, and is more commonly referred to as the pico-Farad (pF, 1 x 10-12 Farad), nano-Farad (nF, 1 x 10-9 Farad), micro-Farad (uF, 1 x 10-6 Farad), and (less common) milli-Farad (mF, 1 x 10-3 Farad)
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Unit of capacitance whereby a charge of one coulomb produced a one-volt potential difference.
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The basic unit of capacitance. A capacitor has a capacitance of 1F when a charge of 1 Volt across the capacitor produces a current of 1 Ampere through it. Named after Michael Faraday.
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The basic unit of capacitance. Outside of stiffening caps, the most common values of capacitors are in microfarads, or millionths of a farad.
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A unit of electrical capacitance, equal to the amount that permits the storing of one coulomb of charge for each volt of applied potential. A measurement of the ability of a device to store an electrical charge.
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Unit of measurement for capacitance.
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A unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a difference of 1 Volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity.
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The SI unit of capacitance, such that one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt.
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The farad (symbol: F) is the SI unit of capacitance.
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