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ohm

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ohm (noun)
  2. Ohm (biographical name)
  3. ohm-ammeter (noun)
  4. Ohm's law (noun)
  5. acoustic ohm (noun)

ohm

noun \ˈōm\

Definition of OHM

: the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric resistance equal to the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere
— ohm·ic \ˈō-mik\ adjective
— ohm·i·cal·ly \-mi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of OHM

Georg Simon Ohm
First Known Use: 1867

Rhymes with OHM

chrome, comb, combe, dome, foam, gloam, gnome, home, loam, mome, nome, om, pome, roam, Rom, Rome, tome

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