noun
- the SI unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one second
Usage: physics
Examples
- The capacitor stored 0.5 coulombs of charge.
- One coulomb equals approximately 6.24 × 10^18 elementary charges.
- The battery can deliver 3600 coulombs per hour.
- Scientists measured the charge in coulombs using sensitive equipment.
- The coulomb is named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
- Lightning bolts can carry several coulombs of electric charge.