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coulomb (C)
  کولن  
coulomb (#)
Fr.: coulomb  

The unit of → electric charge in the → mks system,
equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second by a steady current of one → ampere. One coulomb represents a charge of approximately 6.241 506 × 1018 → electrons. Compared with the charge unit in the → cgs system, 1 C = 2.998 × 109 → esu.

See also: Named after the French physicist Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), who pioneered research into magnetism and electricity.