ohmic

adjective

ohm·​ic ˈōmik 

1

: of or relating to an ohm : measured in ohms

2

: relating to a material or an electrical contact for which the electrical resistance is not dependent on the applied voltage

ohmically adverb

Free of stuff between its electrodes, a vacuum tube can operate at currents that would ohmically toast a transistor's semiconducting innards.

—Charles Day, Physics Today, July 2002

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary ohm + -ic

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Rhymes for ohmic

• chromic
• gnomic
• genomic
• hypochromic
• photochromic
• proteomic