ohm
See also: Ohm
English
Etymology
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from a Proto-Germanic word. Compare Dutch oom (“uncle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ohm (plural ohms)
- 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
Translations
the derived unit of electrical resistance
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Czech
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /om/
audio (file) - Homophone: heaume (but aspirated h)
Further reading
- “ohm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.
References
- “ohm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
- Rhymes: -ɔm
- Syllabification: ohm
Declension
Further reading
- ohm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈom/ [ˈõm]
- Rhymes: -om
- Syllabification: ohm
Further reading
- “ohm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854), attested since 1882.
Noun
ohm c
- ohm, Ω
- 1883, Gustaf Robert Dahlander, “Uppmätning af potentialskilnaden mellan två punkter”, in Elektriciteten och dess förnämsta tekniska tillämpningar, page 57:
- Däremot har det för svagare strömmar afsedda instrumentet 100 ohms motstånd, […]
- On the other hand, the instrument for weaker currents has a resistance of 100 ohms, […]
Derived terms
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