statcoulomb

[ stat-koo-lom, -lohm ]

noun

, Electricity.

1. the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.

Word History and Origins

Origin of statcoulomb¹

stat- ( statampere ) + coulomb