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coulomb

cou·lomb

UK/ˈkuː.lɒm/ US/ˈku.lɑm/ uncommon

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1.

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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French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb''s Law (1736-1806)

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From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

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