D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

capacitance

/(kȧ*păs"ĭ*tans)/ · ca·pac·i·tance · IPA /kəpˈæsətəns/
01 n. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.
  1. 1.
    an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.
  2. 2.
    a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates.(Electronics)