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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ohm has 2 senses
- ohm(n = noun.quantity) Array - 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; Array is a kind of resistance unit
- ohm(n = noun.person) georg simon ohm - German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854); Array is a kind of physicist
has parts: abohm
is a part of megohm
Derived form adjective ohmic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ohm, n. [So called from the German electrician, G. S. Ohm .].
The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampére. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm . [1913 Webster]
Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ohm, n. Electr. the SI unit of resistance, transmitting a current of one ampere when subjected to a potential difference of one volt.
Derivative
ohmage n.
Etymology
G. S. Ohm, Ger. physicist d. 1854
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