Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

siemens

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. siemens (noun)
  2. Siemens (biographical name)
  3. Siemens's law (noun)

sie·mens

noun \ˈsē-mənz, ˈzē-\
plural siemens

Definition of SIEMENS

: a unit of conductance in the meter-kilogram-second system equivalent to one ampere per volt

Origin of SIEMENS

Werner von Siemens †1892 German electrical engineer
First Known Use: circa 1933

Learn More About SIEMENS

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: Siemens's law
Previous Word in the Dictionary: Siegfried line
All Words Near: siemens

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up siemens? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).