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Coulomb
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Couˊlomb′
(k??ˊl?n′)
, Noun.
[From
Coulomb
, a French physicist and electrican.] (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
.