Coulomb

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coulomb \Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [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 amp[`e]re in one second. Formerly
     called {weber}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coulomb
       n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
            transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: {C},
             {ampere-second}]
       2: French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of
          electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law
          (1736-1806) [syn: {Charles Augustin de Coulomb}]