noun
a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads
• Hypernyms: ↑capacitance unit
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\(ˈ)abˈfaˌrad, -_rəd\ nounEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ab- (II) + farad
: a cgs electromagnetic unit of capacitance equal to one billion farads that measures the capacitance of a condenser that when charged to a potential difference of one abvolt has a charge of one abcoulomb — compare ab- table
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/ab far"ad, -euhd/, n. Elect.
the centimeter-gram-second unit of capacitance, equivalent to 109 farads.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.