| coulisse | (n) a flat situated in the wings, Syn. wing flat |
| coulisse | (n) a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel |
| coulomb | (n) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second, Syn. ampere-second, C |
| coulomb | (n) French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806), Syn. Charles Augustin de Coulomb |
| coulomb's law | (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 |
| Could | imp. |
| Coulee | ‖n. [ F. coulée, fr. couler to run or flow. ] A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a cañon, which has precipitous sides. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Couleur | ‖n. [ F. ] |
| Coulisse | ‖n. [ F., fr. couler to flow, glide. ] |
| Coulisse | n. |
| Couloir | ‖n. [ F., a strainer. ] |
| Coulomb | ‖n. [ From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican. ] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called |
| Coulomb meter | (Elec.) Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Coulomb'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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Coulter | n. Same as Colter. [ 1913 Webster ] |