OHMS

Noun

ohms

plural of ohm

Anagrams

• H.M.S.O., HMOs, Homs, mhos, mosh

Phrase

OHMS

Initialism of On Her Majesty's/His Majesty's Service.

Anagrams

• H.M.S.O., HMOs, Homs, mhos, mosh

Source: Wiktionary


OHM

Ohm, n. Etym: [So called from the German electrician, G.S. Ohm.] (Elec.)

Definition: The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampére. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm. Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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