Etymology

coulomb

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Today it 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 Full definition →

French coulomb
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  1. French · borrowed fromcoulomb
  2. English todaycoulomb

From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

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