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CAPACITANCE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("capacitance unit" is a kind of...):
electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capacitance unit"):
picofarad (a unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad)
microfarad (a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad)
millifarad (a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad)
F; farad (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)
abfarad (a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads)
