Definition:Abfarad

Definition

The abfarad is the CGS unrationalised electromagnetic unit of capacitance.

It is defined as being the amount of capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which an electric potential of $1$ abvolt appears when it stores $1$ abcoulomb of electric charge.

Symbol

$\mathrm {abF}$

The symbol for the abfarad is $\mathrm {abF}$.

Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm {abF} .

Also known as

The abfarad is also known as the electromagnetic unit of capacitance, abbreviated $\mathrm {e.m.u.}$.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Michael Faraday.

Linguistic Note

The word abfarad is a shortened form of absolute farad, as evolved from its original full name absolute electromagnetic cgs unit of resistance.