Coulomb force

1. The force exerted by stationary objects bearing electric charge on other stationary objects bearing electric charge. If the charges are of the same sign, then the force is repulsive; if they are of opposite signs, the force is attractive. The strength of the force is described by Coulomb's law.

2. Also called electrostatic force

Example Sentences

In physics, interactions such as gravity and the Coulomb force are known as central forces because they act along the line connecting the centers of two bodies.

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The researchers explain how they discovered that the electrostatic, or Coulomb, force is behind the dramatic but erratic behaviour of bulk sodium and potassium.

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