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Coulomb's law
–noun Electricity.
| 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. |
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Cou·lomb's law
 (kōō'lŏmz', -lōmz') Pronunciation Key
n. The fundamental law of electrostatics stating that the force between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. [After Charles Augustin de Coulomb.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| coulomb's law | |
noun | |
| a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| Coulomb's law
A law stating that the strength of the force exerted by one point charge on another depends on the strength of the charges and on the distance between them. Since Coulomb's law is an inverse square law, higher charges entail stronger force, while greater distances entail weaker force. The force is understood as arising from the electric field that surrounds the charges. The force is repulsive if the charges have the same sign, and attractive if they have opposite sign. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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