statfarad

(electricity) Unit of capacitance in the electrostatic centimeter-gram-second system of units, equal to the capacitance of a capacitor having a charge of 1 statcoulomb, across the plates of which the charge is 1 statvolt; equal to approximately 1.1126 × 10^-12 farad. Abbreviated statF.

[Etymology: electrostatic farad] electric capacitance. Symbol statF. Metric- c.g.s. The farad of the e.s.u. system and of the Gaussian system, for a steady current identically statC/statV and reciprocal statD. 1 statF = 1.112 646~ pF, but often accepted as being ¹⁰/₉ pF.