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Ohm

Ohm

(ōm)
,
Noun.
[So called from the German electrician,
G. S.
Ohm
.]
(Elec.)
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 10
9
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
.
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.

Definition 2024


Ohm

Ohm

See also: ohm

German

Noun

Ohm m (genitive Ohms, plural Ohme or Ohms)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Oheim (uncle)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the noun (etymology 1).

Proper noun

Ohm ? (genitive Ohms)

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

From the physicist Georg Ohm.

Noun

Ohm n (genitive Ohms, plural Ohm)

  1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
Declension

ohm

ohm

See also: Ohm

English

Noun

ohm (plural ohms)

  1. 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: Ω

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)

  1. ohm

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

  1. ohm

Galician

Noun

ohm m (plural [please provide])

  1. ohm

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔm/

Noun

ohm m inan

  1. (uncommon) ohm

Declension


Portuguese

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

  1. ohm (the derived unit of electrical resistance)