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Farad vs Microfarad - What's the difference?

farad | microfarad |

As nouns the difference between farad and microfarad

is that farad is in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F while microfarad is one millionth ( 10-6 ) of a farad, abbreviated as µF.

farad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F
    • The input has 5 pF (picofarads ) of capacitance.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "farad")

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    microfarad

    English

    Alternative forms

    * micro-farad normal spelling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) One millionth ( 10-6 ) of a farad, abbreviated as .
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