coulomb
/ˈkuː.lɒm/US/ˈku.lɑm/
coulomb noun: in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C.
Noun
coulomb (plural coulombs)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
- He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.
Proper noun capitalized: Coulomb
Coulomb
- A surname from French, notably held by Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
coulomb meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay
coulomb in Hindi
- unit of electrical charge
- कूलाम्ब kūlāmb
coulomb in Tamil
- கூலூம், கூலோம், கூலம், கூலும்
coulomb in Arabic
- unit of electrical charge
- كُولُون kulūn
coulomb in Malay
- unit of electrical charge
- kulum, coulomb
More languagesFewer languages
- coulomb in Indonesian
- coulomb
- coulomb in Thai
- คูลอมบ์ kuu-lɔɔm
- coulomb in Vietnamese
- coulomb, culông
- coulomb in Myanmar
- ကူးလောင်း ku:laung:
Forms of coulomb
| plural | coulombs |
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Origin of coulomb
From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Words formed from coulomb
- abcoulomb
- Coulomb attraction
- Coulomb barrier
- Coulomb blockade
- Coulomb collision
- Coulomb explosion
- Coulomb force
- Coulomb gauge
- coulombic
- coulombmeter
- Coulomb repulsion
- Coulomb's constant
- Coulomb's law
- coulometer
- coulometric
- coulometry
- femtocoulomb
- megacoulomb
- microcoulomb
- nanocoulomb
- picocoulomb
- Coulomb energy
- Coulombian
Phrases with coulomb
Questions about coulomb
- What does coulomb mean?
- Coulomb means in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C.
- What is coulomb in Hindi?
- Coulomb in Hindi is कूलाम्ब (kūlāmb). See Coulomb meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coulomb?
- Coulomb can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce coulomb?
- Coulomb is pronounced /ˈkuː.lɒm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coulomb?
- The plural of coulomb is coulombs.
Words near coulomb in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coulomb (page history and authors); Coulomb (page history and authors); coulomb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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