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PRONUNCIATION OF PICOFARAD

picofarad  [ˈpiːkəʊˌfærəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICOFARAD

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Picofarad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICOFARAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

picofarad

Farad

The farad is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge. It is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.

Definition of picofarad in the English dictionary

The definition of picofarad in the dictionary is a million millionth of a farad; 10–12 farad pF.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICOFARAD


farad
ˈfærəd
forrad
ˈfɒrəd
Herod
ˈhɛrəd
hundred
ˈhʌndrəd
mascaraed
mæsˈkɑːrəd
megafarad
ˌmɛɡəˈfærəd
microfarad
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfærəd
micromicrofarad
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈmaɪkrəʊˌfærəd
tiaraed
tɪˈɑːrəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICOFARAD

picnicking
picnicky
Pico de Aneto
Pico de Orizaba
Pico de Teide
Pico della Mirandola
picocurie
picogram
picoline
picolinic acid
picometre
picomole
picong
picornavirus
picosecond
picot
picote
picotee
picotite
picowave

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICOFARAD

abfarad
Arad
Beograd
brad
Conrad
grad
Kaliningrad
Kirovograd
Leningrad
megarad
postgrad
prad
rad
Stalingrad
strad
tetrad
Titograd
trad
undergrad
Volgograd

Synonyms and antonyms of picofarad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «picofarad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICOFARAD

Find out the translation of picofarad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picofarad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picofarad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

皮法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picofarad
570 millions of speakers

English

picofarad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

picofarad
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

picofarad
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пикофарада
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

picofarads
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picofarad
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

picoFarad
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Picofarad
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Translator English - German

picofarad
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Translator English - Japanese

ピコファラッド
130 millions of speakers

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피코 패러 드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Picofarad
85 millions of speakers
vi

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picofarad
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

picofarad
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Translator English - Marathi

पिकोफार्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

picofarad
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picofarad
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

picofarad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пікофарад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picofarad
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

picofarad
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Translator English - Afrikaans

picofarad
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

picofarad
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

picofarad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picofarad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICOFARAD»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picofarad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICOFARAD»

Discover the use of picofarad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picofarad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beginning Analog Electronics Through Projects
There is the microfarad (uF), which is one-millionth of a farad, and the picofarad ( pF), which is one- trillionth of a farad. At this point, it is necessary to go into the numbering system in a little more detail. Small-value capacitors, typically between ...
Andrew Singmin, 2001
2
Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium ...
Digitizing the CDM data leads to the following observations: See Figures 12, 13, and 14 which show the overlaid digitized and scaled CDM events at 500 and 1000 volts from the 4.0 picofarad disk, and at 500 volts from the 30 picofarad disk,  ...
‎1996
3
Crash Course in Electronics Technology
A picofarad is even smaller; it is one millionth of a microfarad, or one trillionth (1/ 1,000,000,000,000 or 10-12) of a farad. Although not as popular, the unit nanofarad (nF) is also used. One nF is one billionth of a farad, or 1/1,000,000,000 , ...
Louis E. Frenzel, 1996
4
Electronics For Dummies
You're more likely to run across capacitors with much smaller capacitance values — hovering in the microfarad (μF) or picofarad (pF) range. A microfarad is a millionth of a farad, or 0.000001 farad, and a picofarad is a millionth of a millionth of ...
Cathleen Shamieh, Gordon McComb, 2011
5
Operator's, Organizational, and Intermediate (direct Support ...
Remember that the total protected capacitance range is changed with the sensitivity switch and that capacitances exceeding the 5,000 picofarad or 15,000 picofarad limits may result in an unbalanced system which will not alarm due to ...
‎1990
6
Starting Electronics Construction: Techniques, Equipment and ...
It's useful to be able to switch between the three main sizes of capacitance units, as for example one thousand picofarad is the same as one nanofarad, and one thousand nanofarads is one microfarad. Table 3.2 shows the relationships ...
Keith Brindley, 2005
7
Instrumentation and Process Control
Example 1.8 A capacitive transducer with its plate separation of 0.1 millimetre under static conditions has a capacitance of 10 picofarad. If the change in capacitance due to displacement is measured to be + 1 picofarad, find the displacement.
Janardan Prasad, M. N. Jayaswal, Vishnu Priye, 2009
8
Electrical Engineering (O.T.)
Which of the following is incorrect ? (a) l microfarad X l microfarad cl picofarad (b) l farad=10"x1 picofarad ' (o) l microfarad+l picofarad=10'" farad (d) 1 micro microfarad-l picol'arad. Which of the following capacitor can be used for temperature ...
S.S. Gupta, 2007
9
Alternating Current Fundamentals
This unit is the picofarad. One picofarad is equal to 1 + 1,000,000th of a microfarad, or 10'12 farad. The letter symbol for the picofarad is pF. The capacitance of a capacitor can be increased by any of the following factors: ° Increasing the plate ...
Stephen Herman, 2011
10
Catalog of National Bureau of Standards Publications, ...
Capacitance standards; Fused silica dielectric; Picofarad capacitor; Shock sensitivity; Stability of value; Ten picofarad capacitor; Transportable ten picofarad capacitor; Unit of capacitance; Volume dependence; 9653. SP305-1. Capacitance ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Burris, Rebecca J. Morehouse, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICOFARAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picofarad is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Value-Added & Application Specific Ceramic Capacitors: World …
As the low picofarad MLCC markets become inundated with suppliers, companies with smaller economies of scale must refocus all or part of ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
2
RadioShack closings mark end of an era
A 22 picofarad capacitor, for example, goes for about a dollar. Wilson, 53, of Grubville, said he is an electronics hobbyist loyal to RadioShack ... «STLtoday.com, Feb 15»
3
How Will Analog and Sensors Impact the IoT?
Chen: With MEMS sensors A-to-D converters must discern sub-picoFarad capacitive changes. Because of the small signal and low power ... «Chip Design Magazine, Oct 14»
4
Sub-picofarad measurement with CMOS inverters
This technique is applied in the circuit of Figure 1A to build a picofarad full scale deflection (FSD) capacitance meter. It consists of a two-gate ... «EDN.com, Oct 14»
5
Moog Theremini Melds Analog & Digital
"You only get about a picofarad in change, but that's enough to sweep you through a whole range of sounds." Renowned thereminist Dorit ... «EE Times, Jul 14»
6
AVX ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH VOLTAGE AUTOMOTIVE MLCC …
... to 3000V and capacitance values spanning 100 picofarad to 0.15 microfarad. Exhibiting low ESR, excellent performance across all voltages, ... «GlobeNewswire, Feb 14»
7
AVX EXPANDS THE CAPACITANCE RANGE FOR ITS X7R & NP0 …
... spanning 600V to 5000V and capacitance values spanning 1.5 picofarad to 0.82 microfarad in case sizes ranging from 0805 to 3640. «GlobeNewswire, Jan 14»
8
High Voltage Dividers & Probes
High voltage capacitance is maintained at low picofarad values to minimize circuit effects. Standard ratios are 1,000/1 or 10,000/1. Almost any other ratio is ... «ElectricNet, Aug 13»
9
High Capacitance MLCC: Competition at the Granular Level
Therefore, from a market perspective, MLCCs have encroached upon alternative dielectrics, and augmented their existing $4 billion picofarad ... «TTI MarketEye, Jul 13»
10
Popular LCR-meter Smart Tweezers is Being Offerred by a New …
This feature allows Smart Tweezers to measure very low and capacitance of 1 milliohm and 1 picofarad range. It can also measure a fraction of ... «PR Web, Jan 13»

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