Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • . Pertaining to Faraday, the English physicist.
  • [⟨ lowercase] Pertaining to the phenomena of electricity especially investigated by Faraday-for example, the phenomena of induction.

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  • adjective physics Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction

Etymologies

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For Michael Faraday English chemist and physicist

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Examples

  • Ultra-caps generally refer to electrochemical capacitors either double layer or with faradaic reactions.

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  • After he had been suffering more than usual for a few days, we applied the faradaic electric current in the manner indicated above, for about fifteen minutes.

    Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

  • The galvanic as well as the faradaic current is to be used under proper circumstances.

    Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

  • A key limitation to this technology is its low energy density and for this reason there is considerable interest in exploring pseudocapacitive materials where faradaic mechanisms offer increased levels of energy storage.

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