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Coulomb

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Noun

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cou=lomb

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Coulomb has 2 senses

coulomb(n = noun.quantity) ampere-second, c - a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second; Array

is a kind of charge unit, quantity unit

is a part of abcoulomb, ampere-minute

coulomb(n = noun.person) charles augustin de coulomb - French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806); Array

is a kind of physicist

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Coulomb, n. [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.].

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 ampère in one second. Formerly called weber. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Coulomb, n. Electr. the SI unit of electric charge, equal to the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by a current of one ampere.

Usage

Symb.: C.

Etymology

C. A. de Coulomb, Fr. physicist d. 1806

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