Coulomb's law
a physical law that states the electric force between two point charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
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Summary
Coulomb's law is a physical law[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of physical law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,339 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb[3]
- Named after: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb[4]
- Commons category: Coulomb's law[5]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1875[6]
- Facet of: electrostatics[7]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/coulombs-law[10]
- Different from: Coulomb friction[11]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[13]
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Influence
Things named for Coulomb's law include Coulomb blockade[14], a physical phenomenon[15] and Coulomb operator[16], an operator in physics[17].
Why It Matters
Coulomb's law has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 119 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]
Entities named for it include Coulomb blockade[14], a physical phenomenon[15] and Coulomb operator[16], an operator in physics[17].