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FARADAY
Faraday, Michael Faraday
(noun) the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)
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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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