/ Dictionary / Index F farad: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: far•ad Pronunciation: (far'ud, -ad), [key] — n. Elect. the SI unit of capacitance, formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: farad (Thesaurus) far Faraday Related Content Daily Word Quiz: immense Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language