Coulomb law

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• Coulomb's law — Elect. the principle that the force between two point charges acts in the direction of the line between them and is directly proportional to the product of their electric charges divided by the square of the distance between them. [1850 55; after …   Universalium

• Coulomb (disambiguation) — Coulomb or Coulombs may refer to: Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736–1806), French physicist, also: Coulomb, a unit of electric charge Coulomb s law, in electrostatics Coulomb blockade, an increased resistance of certain electronic devices Coulomb …   Wikipedia

• Coulomb damping — is a type of constant mechanical damping in which energy is absorbed via sliding friction. The friction generated by the relative motion of the two surfaces that press against each other is a source of energy dissipation. In general, damping is… …   Wikipedia

• Coulomb —    , COULOMB S LAW    Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736 1806), born into a French noble family, had available all the advantages for a good education. He attended the engineering school at Mezieres, the first school of its kind, where he showed a …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Coulomb's law — Cou lomb s law (Physics) The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Law — /law/, n. 1. Andrew Bonar /bon euhr/, 1858 1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922 23. 2. John, 1671 1729, Scottish financier. 3. William, 1686 1761, English clergyman and devotional writer. * * * I Discipline and profession… …   Universalium

• Coulomb's law — [ko͞o lämz′, ko͞o′lämz΄] n. Physics the statement that the electrostatic force between two charged bodies acts along the line between them, is directly proportional to the product of their magnitudes, and is inversely proportional to the square… …   English World dictionary

• Coulomb's law — Electromagnetism Electricity · …   Wikipedia

• Coulomb — For other uses, see Coulomb (disambiguation). coulomb Unit system: SI derived unit Unit of... Electric charge Symbol: C Named after: Charles Augustin de Coulomb …   Wikipedia

• Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de — born June 14, 1736, Angoulême, France died Aug. 23, 1806, Paris French physicist. After serving as a military engineer in the West Indies, he returned to France in the 1780s to pursue scientific research. To investigate Joseph Priestley s law of… …   Universalium

• Coulomb force — ▪ physics also called  Coulomb Interaction,         attraction or repulsion of particles or objects because of their electric charge. One of the basic physical forces, the electric force is named for a French physicist, Charles Augustin de… …   Universalium