coulomb

English Thesaurus

1. French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	physicist,
definition	:	a scientist trained in physics (noun.person)

2. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	charge unit, quantity unit,
definition	:	a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	abcoulomb,
definition	:	a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	ampere-minute,
definition	:	a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs (noun.quantity)