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coulomb

/koo-lom, -lohm, koo-lom, -lohm/US // ˈku lɒm, -loʊm, kuˈlɒm, -ˈloʊm //UK // (ˈkuːlɒm) //

库仑,库伦,古仑,寇伦

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Electricity. the standard unit of quantity of electricity in the International System of Units, equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one ampere. Abbreviation: C

Examples

  • Coulomb was the maker of the first instrument for measuring a current, which was known as the torsion balance.

  • In determining the exact quantity of an electric current, physicists make use of a device called a coulomb meter.

  • The coulomb is defined as the quantity of electricity delivered by a current of one ampere during one second.

  • The capacity of a conductor or condenser whose potential is raised by one volt when given a charge of one coulomb.

  • Scarcely fifteen years ago was there anything more ridiculous, more naïvely antiquated, than Coulomb's fluids?