statcoulomb
|stat-cou-lomb|
/ˈstætˌkuːlɒm/
unit of electric charge in CGS
Etymology
'statcoulomb' originates from the combination of 'stat-', a prefix used in the CGS system to denote electrostatic units, and 'coulomb', named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, a French physicist.
'statcoulomb' was derived from the need to distinguish between electrostatic and electromagnetic units in the CGS system, leading to the prefix 'stat-' being added to 'coulomb'.
Initially, it was used to measure electrostatic charge in the CGS system, and this meaning has remained consistent.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a unit of electric charge in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system, equivalent to approximately 3.33564 × 10^-10 coulombs.
The charge of an electron is approximately -4.803 × 10^-10 statcoulombs.
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