millicoulomb

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noun

One thousandth (10⁻³) of a coulomb.

OriginEnglish coulomb ← French milli- ← Latin mīlle →
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Meanings

nounmillicoulomb (plural millicoulombs)

plural millicoulombs

  1. One thousandth (10⁻³) of a coulomb.

    The slope (S) of the line is calculated and reported in units of millicoulombs per absorbance unit. The factor F is then calculated from the slope: F=S/17.2, where 17.2 is the electrochemical equivalent in millicoulombs of 1 µl O2. F=3.9 was used in this study.

    1971, T. T. Packard, “The measurement of respiratory electron-transport activity in marine phytoplankton”, in Journal of Marine Research, volume 29, number 3, page 238

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Frenchmilli-
  11. Englishmilli-
  12. Englishcoulomb
  13. Englishmillicoulomb

From milli- + coulomb.

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