Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Ohm

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    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

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The ohm is the unit of measure for electrical resistance.

    ruОм - единица измерения электрического сопротивления.

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  2. Today we will carry out an experiment about Ohm's Law.

    ruСегодня мы проведём эксперимент на работу закона Ома.

    deHeute führen wir ein Experiment zum Ohmschen Gesetz durch.

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  3. The ohm is the unit of measurement for electrical resistance in the SI system. Its symbol is Ω.

    ruОм — единица измерения электрического сопротивления в системе СИ. Его обозначение Ω.

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  4. The unit of resistance is the ohm, and its symbol is the same as the capital letter Omega in the Greek alphabet, "Ω".

    ruЕдиницей сопротивления является ом, и её символ — заглавная греческая буква омега, Ω.

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Translations

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Origin

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th cen

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather, paternal uncle”) + *haimaz (“home”). Doublet of oom and of dialectal eam (“uncle”).

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Forms

plural: ohms
Singularohm
Pluralohms

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
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Word family

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See also

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