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Coulomb's law
noun Cou·lomb's law \ˈkü-ˌlämz-, -ˌlōmz-\
Definition of COULOMB'S LAW
: a statement in physics: the force of attraction or repulsion acting along a straight line between two electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them
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First Known Use of COULOMB'S LAW
1854
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