Faraday
- Proper noun. (surname, from Irish) , Anglicized from (etyl, ga) (term, Ó Fearadaigh) .
- Proper noun. Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.
- Noun. (chemistry, physics) The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately - 96,487 coulombs.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.