Question

are individually measured capacitor values (in pairs) similar to the established values connected in series and parallel, regardless of whether the pair has two similar capacitors or two distinctively different capacitors.

Answer 1

1) Capacitance in Parallel in General gets added.

If two Capacitances are connected in parallel C=C1+C2

2) If Capacitances are connected in series

1/C = (1/C1) +(1/C2)

C= (C1*C2)/(C1+C2) when connected in series.

So capacitance in network varies according to above combination either in series or parallel in comparison to measuring capacitance individually.

Individual Capcitance will be differ from the established capacitance from series or parallel combination which has been well explained with help of above formulas