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ohm

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"Unit of resistance"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /əʊm/Part of speech nounSorted hmoStarts with OEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Unit of electrical resistance

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
  • As the test light voltage touches terminal "C7", the module should switch, causing the ohmmeter to "overrange" if the meter is in the 1000-2000 ohms position.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Unit of resistance3 letters
02Resistance unit3 letters

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