COULOMB


Meaning of COULOMB in English

[ 'ku:lɒm ]

(abbrev.: C )

■ noun Physics the SI unit of electric charge, equal to the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by a current of one ampere.

Origin

C19: named after the French military engineer Charles-Augustin de Coulomb .

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