Definitions for ohmoʊm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ohmoʊm(n.)

  1. the SI unit of electrical resistance, equal to the resistance between two points when a constant potential difference applied between the points produces a current of 1 ampere.

    Category: Electricity and Magnetism

Origin of ohm:

1861; after G. S. Ohm

ohm′i•cal•ly(adv.)

Ohmoʊm(n.)

  1. Georg Simon, 1787–1854, German physicist.

    Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ohm(noun)

    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

  2. Ohm, Georg Simon Ohm(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. ohm(Noun)

    In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: u03A9

  2. Origin: Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.


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