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faraday

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far·a·day  (fr-d)
n.
The quantity of electricity that is capable of depositing or liberating 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance in electrolysis, approximately 9.6494 × 104 coulombs.
[After Michael Faraday.]
faraday  (fr-d)
A measure of electric charge equal to the charge carried by one mole of electrons, about 96,494 coulombs per mole. The faraday is used in measurements of the electricity required to break down a compound by electrolysis.
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Noun1.faradayFaraday - the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)
Michael Faraday
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on thoroughbred horses; lounges at the club; has to keep clear of crinoline vortices; gets its science done by Faraday, and its religion by the superior clergy who are to be met in the best houses,--how should it have time or need for belief and emphasis?
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