English noun: coulomb | |||
| 1. | coulomb (quantity) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | charge unit, quantity unit | ||
| Part meronym | abcoulomb, ampere-minute | ||
| 2. | Coulomb (person) French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806) | ||
| Synonyms | Charles Augustin de Coulomb | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||