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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ohmnoun

    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 Ohmnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. ohmnoun

    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. Etymology: Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Wikipedia

  1. Ohm

    The ohm (symbol: Ω) is the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI). It is named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Various empirically derived standard units for electrical resistance were developed in connection with early telegraphy practice, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science proposed a unit derived from existing units of mass, length and time, and of a convenient scale for practical work as early as 1861. Following the 2019 redefinition of the SI base units, in which the ampere and the kilogram were redefined in terms of fundamental constants, the ohm is now also defined as an exact value in terms of these constants.

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  1. ohm

    The ohm is the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as the resistance between two points on a conductor when a constant potential difference of one volt applied to these points produces a current of one ampere through the conductor. Named after German physicist, Georg Simon Ohm.

Wikidata

  1. Ohm

    The ohm is the SI derived unit of electrical resistance, named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Although several empirically derived standard units for expressing electrical resistance were developed in connection with early telegraphy practice, the British Association for the Advancement of Science proposed a unit derived from existing units of mass, length and time and of a convenient size for practical work as early as 1861. The definition of the "ohm" unit was revised several times. Today the value of the ohm is expressed in terms of the quantum Hall effect.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ohm

    ōm, n. the unit by which electrical resistance is measured, being nearly equal to that caused by a thousand feet of copper wire one-tenth of an inch in diameter.—Ohm's law (see Law). [Georg Simon Ohm, a German electrician, 1787-1854.]

Editors Contribution

  1. ohm

    Is a defined unit of electrical current.

    An ohm is currently an International System of measurements unit used now, as our understanding of science and technology changes these measurements will too.


    Submitted by MaryC on October 27, 2015  

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  1. OHM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ohm is ranked #15464 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ohm surname appeared 1,894 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Ohm.

    87.8% or 1,663 total occurrences were White.
    8% or 152 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.6% or 51 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OHM in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OHM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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    So the word ohm (in vaping) is just George's last name and each letter for nothing?
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