coulomb
- noun
- /ˈkuːlɒm/
- Specialized
- In physics, one coulomb is equal to the charge created by one ampere flowing for one second.
Examples
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mA: The amp (A) is defined as the coulomb per second.
Academic text (2007) -
He found a mass/charge ratio of 1.3 +/- 0.2 x 10^-8 grams per coulomb. (The modern value is 0.56857 x 10^-8 gm/C;
Academic text (1997) -
And Lambda is the number of coulombs per meter.
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Roughly 96,500 coulombs (amperes/second) will deposit one gram equivalent weight of metal.
Blog text (17) -
A coulomb is defined as the amount of electric charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one second, which is essential to understanding electricity.
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An electric vehicle battery can store thousands of coulombs, which powers the vehicle for many miles.
Synonyms
A unit for electric charge, called the coulomb
A standard amount used to measure electric charge, like the coulomb
A unit of electric charge equal to one coulomb
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coulomb is named after the French scientist Coulomb, who studied how electric charges pull and push each other. So a coulomb is the unit that measures 'electric charge', like how a newton measures force.