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Coulomb   Listen
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Coulomb  n.  (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 ampère in one second. Formerly called weber.





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"Coulomb" Quotes from Famous Books



... Coulomb's torsion balance has been adapted by M. Baille to the measurement of low electromotive forces in a very successful manner, and has been found preferable by him to the delicate electrometers of Sir W. Thomson. It is necessary to guard it from disturbances due to extraneous electric ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 275 • Various


Words linked to "Coulomb" :   Coulomb's Law, ampere-second, c, quantity unit, abcoulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb, charge unit, physicist


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