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abcoulomb

[ ab-koo-lom, -lohm ]

noun

  1. Electricity. the centimeter-gram-second unit of quantity of electricity, equivalent to 10 coulombs.


abcoulomb

/ æbˈkuːlɒm /

noun

  1. the cgs unit of electric charge in the electromagnetic system; the charge per second passing any cross section of a conductor through which a steady current of 1 abampere is flowing: equivalent to 10 coulombs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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