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Dictionary entry overview: What does Coulomb mean?

• COULOMB (noun)
The noun COULOMB has 2 senses:

1. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
2. French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)

Familiarity information: COULOMB used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COULOMB (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

ampere-second; coulomb; C

Hypernyms ("coulomb" is a kind of...):

charge unit; quantity unit (a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows))

Holonyms ("coulomb" is a part of...):

abcoulomb (a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs)

ampere-minute (a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs)

Sense 2

Coulomb ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Augustin de Coulomb; Coulomb

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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