noun
- plural of picofarad; units of electrical capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad
Usage: technical; electronics
Examples
- The capacitor has a value of 100 picofarads.
- Small ceramic capacitors are often measured in picofarads.
- The circuit requires capacitors ranging from 10 to 500 picofarads.
- Modern microprocessors use capacitors measured in picofarads.
- The oscillator circuit uses a 22-picofarad capacitor.
- Parasitic capacitances are typically just a few picofarads.