Coulomb's Law Definition
ko͝olŏmz, -lōmz
noun
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 of the distance between them: similarly charged bodies repel one another, while oppositely charged bodies attract one another.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(physics) The fundamental law of electrostatics - the force between two point charges is proportional to the product of their charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Wiktionary
Origin of Coulomb's Law
After Charles Augustin de Coulomb
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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