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COULOMB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Charles Augustin de Coulomb; Coulomb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ampere-second; C; coulomb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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)

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