Capacitance definition

The ratio of charge to potential on an electrically charged, isolated conductor.

(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.

A measure of the ability of a configuration of materials to store electric charge. In a capacitor , capacitance depends on the size of the plates, the type of insulator, and the amount of space between the plates. Most electrical components display capacitance to some degree; even the spaces between components of a circuit have a natural capacitance. Capacitance is measured in farads.

The ratio of the electric charge transferred from one to the other of a pair of conductors to the resulting potential difference between them.

The property of a circuit element that permits it to store charge.

The part of the circuit exhibiting capacitance.

(physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.