farad
/ˈfɛræd/
noun
- A unit for measuring how much electrical charge a capacitor can store. One farad is a very large amount of capacitance.
- Most electronic devices use capacitors measured in microfarads, not full farads.
- The engineer explained that a farad is a large unit, so they often use smaller fractions.
- The capacitor in the circuit has a capacitance of one farad.