ELECTRONVOLTS Antonyms

• English poet and theologian (1674-1748)

• a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)

• the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)

• a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

• the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates

• In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

• English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)

• a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

• English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1726)

• a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes

• German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)

• a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere

• a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it