Faraday (disambiguation)
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Faraday may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Michael Faraday, a British scientist (a physicist and chemist)
- David Faraday, a victim of the serial killer nicknamed the Zodiac Killer
[edit] Things
- faraday (unit), a unit of electrical charge.
- Faraday constant, the amount of electric charge per mole of electrons.
- CS Faraday, a Siemens AG cable ship launched in 1874.
- CS Faraday (2), a Siemens AG cable ship launched in 1923.
[edit] Places
- Faraday, West Virginia, the most southern community in the state, located in McDowell County
- Faraday, Victoria, a small town in central Victoria, Australia. Scene of the 1972 Faraday School kidnapping
- Faraday building, the first telephone exchange to open in London, later the first International Switching Centre
- Faraday Hall, a hall of residence at Loughborough University
- Faraday Research Station, a former British research station in Antarctica, now called Vernadsky Research Base and operated by Ukraine
- Faraday, an electoral ward in the London Borough of Southwark, named after Michael Faraday
[edit] In fiction
- King Faraday, a fictional secret agent featured in DC Comics.
- Daniel Faraday, a fictional character on the TV series Lost.
- Max Faraday, the title character of Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday.
- Faraday (planet), a fictional planet in "Rocannon's World".
- Faraday, a protagonist in the Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglass.