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庫侖

简库仑 · 繁庫侖

Mandarin · pinyin kù lún#

coulomb (unit of electric charge)

Mandarin · pinyin Kù lún#

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), French physicist

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库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse
仑: lún · logical reasons, logical order

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4–2 · ku4 lun2

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fu3 leon4

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name

a transliteration of the French surname Coulomb

classifier

(electricity) coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

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