| Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber. Thesaurus Entries abampere, abcoulomb, abfarad, abhenry, abohm, abvolt, ampere, ampere-foot, ampere-hour, ampere-minute, atomerg, calorie, coulomb, dinamode, dyne, energid, erg, farad, foot-pound, henry, horsepower-hour, horsepower-year, joule, kilogram-meter, kilovolt-ampere, kilowatt, megacoulomb, megavolt, megawatt, megohm, mho, microhenry, micromho, micromicrofarad, microvolt, microwatt, milliampere, millihenry, millivolt, ohm, ohm-mile, photon, picofarad, quantum, statampere, statcoulomb, statfarad, statvolt, volt, volt-coulomb, volt-second, watt, watt-hour |