noun
Faraday
noun
1
A unit of electric charge used in electrolysis, roughly 96,487 coulombs.
"The experiment measured charge in faradays rather than coulombs."
How to Use Faraday
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA scientific unit named after Michael Faraday, used in chemistry and physics.
Word Forms
Faradays plural, faradays plural
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Etymology
Named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, whose surname is an anglicised form of the Irish Ó Fearadaigh.