Meaning of COULOMB
| Pronunciation: | | 'koolâm, 'koolâm
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- [n] French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
- [n] a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
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| | Synonyms: | | ampere-second, C, Charles Augustin de Coulomb |
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| | See Also: | | abcoulomb, ampere-minute, charge unit, physicist, quantity unit | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French
physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It
is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the
current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt
acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the
quantity transferred by one amp[`e]re in one second. Formerly
called {weber}.
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