FARADAY

Faraday, Michael Faraday

(noun) the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Faraday

A surname, Anglicized from Irish Ó Fearadaigh.

Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.

Etymology

From Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.

Noun

faraday (plural faradays)

(chemistry, physics) The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately −96,487 coulombs.

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