n. (Abbr. C)
The meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical charge equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second by a steady current of one ampere.
adj. also cou·lom·bic (kū-lŏm'bĭk, -lōm'-)
Of or relating to the Coulomb force.
[After Charles Augustin de COULOMB.]
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