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Definition of Microfarad
1. Noun. A unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad.
Definition of Microfarad
1. n. The millionth part of a farad.
Definition of Microfarad
1. Noun. (physics) One millionth ( 10-6 ) of a farad, abbreviated as µF. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microfarad
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Medical Definition of Microfarad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microfarad
Literary usage of Microfarad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"18 ohms, C = .00808 microfarad, and L = .0039 henry; 14.7 miles of 200-pound
aerial copper whose R = 9 ohms, C: = .00862 microfarad, andZ, = .00366 henry; ..."
2. The Elements of Dynamic Electricity and Magnetism by Philip Atkinson (1891)
"The microfarad.—The farad being inconveniently large for practical use in estimating
the capacity of condensers, the microfarad, representing one millionth ..."
3. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"A condenser of one microfarad requires a charge of one millionth of a ... In radio
circuits the microfarad is too large a unit to be conveniently used; ..."
4. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"A condenser of one microfarad requires a charge of one millionth of a ... In radio
circuits the microfarad is too large a unit to be conveniently used; ..."
5. Electrical Engineering Problems by Francis Cary Caldwell (1914)
"A 50-microfarad condenser is charged to 2000 volts; how long would this condenser
maintain a current of one ampere if closed through an outside circuit? ..."
6. The X-ray; Or, Photography of the Invisible and Its Value in Surgery by William James Morton, Edwin W. Hammer (1896)
"CHAPTER V. CAPACITY AND THE microfarad. WHEN we take a glass jar of a given size
and pump air into it with a force pump we do two things : 1st, ..."
7. Electrical Engineering Problems by Francis Cary Caldwell (1914)
"A 50-microfarad condenser is charged to 2000 volts; how long would this condenser
maintain a current of one ampere if closed through an outside circuit? ..."
8. Electrical Instrument Making for Amateurs: A Practical Handbook by Selimo Romeo Bottone (1891)
"microfarad CONDENSER.—Take 37 sheets of good tinfoil, 7 in. by 6 in., with an
equal number of strips 3 in. by \ in. Procure about 76 sheets of very thin, ..."
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