Coulomb's Law

Definitions of Coulomb's Law
  1. noun
    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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    law, law of nature
    a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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