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Faraday in American English
a unit of quantity of electricity, used especially in electrolysis, equal to the amount of charge needed to free one mole of a univalent element (c. 96,485 coulombs)
Michael1791-1867; Eng. scientist: noted esp. for his work in electricity & magnetism
noun: a unit of electricity used in electrolysis, equal to 96,500 coulombs

Faraday in British English
noun: a quantity of electricity, used in electrochemical calculations, equivalent to unit amount of substance of electrons. It is equal to the product of the Avogadro number and the charge on the electron and has the value 96 487 coulombs per mole
noun: Michael. 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction, leading to the invention of the dynamo. He also carried out research into the principles of electrolysis

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