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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
the derived unit of electrical resistance
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Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m inan
- ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ohm in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ohm in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohms)
Further reading[edit]
- “ohm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohns)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /uːm/
- Homophones: om, óm
Noun[edit]
ohm m (definite singular ohmen, indefinite plural ohm, definite plural ohmane)
References[edit]
- “ohm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of ohm
Further reading[edit]
- ohm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. See German Ohm.
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohms)
- ohm (the derived unit of electrical resistance)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohmi)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ohm
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ohm m (plural ohms)
- Alternative form of ohmio
Further reading[edit]
- “ohm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854), attested since 1882.
Noun[edit]
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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