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Definition of Abfarad
1. Noun. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
Definition of Abfarad
1. Noun. (context: dated physics) A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (109) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units ¹
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Definition of Abfarad
1. a unit of capacitance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Abfarad
1. Electromagnetic unit of capacity equal to 109 farads. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abfarad
Literary usage of Abfarad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity and Magnetism for Engineers by Harold Pender (1919)
"... cgs electromagnetic unit the "abfarad." A capacity equal to one-millionth of
a farad is called a "microfarad," and is the unit most commonly employed. ..."
2. Principles of Electrical Engineering by Harold Pender (1911)
"The cgs electrostatic unit of capacity, the electromagnetic unit or abfarad and
the practical unit or farad are related as follows: 1 ..."
3. Ready Reference Tables: Volume I. Conversion Factors of Every Unit Or by Carl Hering (1904)
"... 0000 1 abfarad -1 CGS unit (elmg) 0-000 0000 1 absolute unit=l CGS unit, either
elmg or elst 0-000 0000 The relations to other measures are as follows: ..."
4. Ready Reference Tables: Based on the Accurate Legal Standard Values of the by Carl Hering (1904)
"15-000 0000 = 1 abfarad 0 000 0000 1 absolute unit = 1 CGS unit, either elmg or
elst 0-000 0000 1 ..."
5. Vector Calculus: With Applications to Physics by James Byrnie Shaw (1922)
"The permittivity K of a specimen of petroleum is 2 [abfarad/cm.], and on a small
sphere is a charge of 0.0001 coulomb. The value of the displacement D at ..."
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