coulombianadj.
/kuːˈləʊmɪən/ = coulombic adj.
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1836 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1835 7 The Coulombian theory of electricity had..a fair claim to be considered as satisfactorily proved.
1923 E. N. da C. Andrade Struct. Atom xii. 233 Equilibrium of stationary electrons is impossible round a centre of Coulombian force.
1928 F. K. Richtmyer Introd. Mod. Physics xi. 438 The hydrogen nucleus is surrounded by an inverse-square field—sometimes called a ‘coulombian field’.
1934 H. H. L. A. Brose tr. A. J. W. Sommerfeld Atomic Struct. & Spectral Lines (ed. 3) I. vii. 360 Here the pure Coulombian field with the nuclear charge Ze no longer reigns.
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