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 unit of electric charge equal to one coulomb
A standard amount used to measure electric charge, like the 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.