Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coulomb

2 senses of coulomb

Sense 1
coulomb, C, ampere-second -- (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second)
       => charge unit, quantity unit -- (a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows))

Sense 2
Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb -- (French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)