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
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Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
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
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Anagrams
Czech
Noun
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- ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
ohm m (plural ohms)
Further reading
- “ohm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Noun
ohm m (plural ohms)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːm/
- Homophones: om, óm
Noun
ohm m (definite singular ohmen, indefinite plural ohm, definite plural ohmane)
References
- “ohm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation
Noun
ohm m inan
Declension
Further reading
- ohm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ohm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. See German Ohm.
Noun
ohm m (plural ohms)
- ohm (the derived unit of electrical resistance)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
ohm m (plural ohmi)
Declension
Spanish
Noun
ohm m (plural ohms)
- Alternative form of ohmio
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[1], 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, […]
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See also
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