different between coulomb vs capacitance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb. Named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ku?.l?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ku.l?m/, /?ku.lo?m/

Noun

coulomb (plural coulombs)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C

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Anagrams

• columbo

Asturian

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

   Synonym: culombiu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kulomp]
• Hyphenation: cou?lomb

Noun

coulomb m inan

1. coulomb (unit of electric charge)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism, after Charles Auguste de Coulomb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?l?m(p)/, [ku?l??m(p)], [ku?l?m(p)]
• Hyphenation: cou?lomb
• Rhymes: -?m, -?mp

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb (unit of electric charge)

Related terms

• Coulombinteractie

French

Etymology

Named after French physicist Charles-Augustin Coulomb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.l??/

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb

Further reading

• “coulomb” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

coulomb m (invariable)

1. coulomb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb. Named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Noun

coulomb m (definite singular coulomben, indefinite plural coulomb, definite plural coulombene)

1. coulomb

References

• “coulomb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “coulomb” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb. Named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Noun

coulomb m (definite singular coulomben, indefinite plural coulomb, definite plural coulombane)

1. coulomb

References

• “coulomb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

Romanian

Etymology

From French coulomb

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombi)

1. coulomb

Declension

Spanish

Noun

coulomb m (plural coulomb)

1. coulomb

   Synonym: culombio

English

Noun

capacitance (countable and uncountable, plural capacitances)

1. (physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
2. (physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

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