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coulomb

cou·lomb
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koo-lom, -lohm, koo-lom, -lohm]
    • /ˈku lɒm, -loʊm, kuˈlɒm, -ˈloʊm/
    • /ˈkuː.lɒm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koo-lom, -lohm, koo-lom, -lohm]
    • /ˈku lɒm, -loʊm, kuˈlɒm, -ˈloʊm/

Definitions of coulomb word

  • noun coulomb Charles Augustin de (ʃarl oɡystɛ̃ də). 1736–1806, French physicist: made many discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism 3
  • noun coulomb the derived SI unit of electric charge; the quantity of electricity transported in one second by a current of 1 ampere 3
  • noun coulomb the basic unit of electric charge in the SI and MKS systems, equal to the charge of 6.281 × 1018 electrons; the charge carried by a current of one ampere in one second 3
  • noun coulomb A coulomb is a unit of electric charge that is equal to the amount of charge accumulated in one second by a current of one ampere. 3
  • noun coulomb Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor. 1
  • noun coulomb The SI unit of electric charge, equal to the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by a current of one ampere. 1
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Origin of coulomb

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; after Coulomb

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coulomb popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • statcoulomb

    the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.

  • ampere

    An ampere is a unit which is used for measuring electric current. The abbreviation amp is also used.

  • coulomb's law

    the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass

  • electrochemical equivalent

    the mass of an element liberated from its ions or converted into them by one coulomb of electric charge

  • farad

    the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.
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