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ohm
"unit of electrical resistance," 1867, in allusion to Ger. physicist Georg S. Ohm (1789-1854), who determined the law of the flow of electricity. Originally proposed as ohma (1861) as a unit of voltage. Related: ohmage.
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ohm (ōm)
n.
Symbol Ω
A unit of electrical resistance equal to that of a conductor in which a current of one ampere is produced by a potential of one volt across its terminals.
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| Ohm, Georg Simon 1789-1854.
German physicist who discovered the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit, now known as Ohm's law. The ohm unit of electrical resistance is named for him. |
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ohm [(ohm)]The unit of electrical resistance, named after the nineteenth-century German physicist Georg Ohm.
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Georg Simon Ohm definition
person(1789-1854) A German physicist who became Professor of Physics at Munich University, after whom the unit of electrical resistance was named.
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