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Definition of: coulomb
(k·lom′) noun
The practical unit of quantity in measuring electricity: the amount conveyed by one ampere in one second, equal to 6.3 × 1018 electrons.
—absolute coulomb One tenth of an abcoulomb.
—international coulomb The quantity of electricity passing any section of a circuit in one second when the current is one international ampere. [after C. A. de Coulomb, 1736–1806, French physicist]
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