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capacitance definition

ca·paci·tance (kə pasi təns)

noun

Elec. that property of a capacitor which determines how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential difference between its terminals, equal to the ratio of the charge stored to the potential difference and measured in farads: abbrev. C

Etymology: capacit(y) + -ance

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