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[n] a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cou`lomb's" law\ (Physics)
The law that the force exerted between two electric or
magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of
the charges and inversely to the square of the distance
between them.
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