Abscoulomb

/æbzˈkuːlɒm/ noun

A unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs, used in the abampere-second system of electrical measurement.

Formed from the prefix 'abs-' (short for absolute, from the CGS absolute system) and 'coulomb' (named after physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb). It's a technical unit from the CGS-EMU (Centimeter-Gram-Second Electromagnetic Unit) system.

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