ohm

ohm
    n 1: a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance
         between two points on a conductor when a potential
         difference of one volt between them produces a current of
         one ampere
    2: German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854) [syn:
       {Ohm}, {Georg Simon Ohm}]
    

Ohm \Ohm\ ([=o]m), n. [So called from the German electrician, G.
   S. Ohm.] (Elec.)
   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 amp['e]re.
   As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893,
   and by United States Statute, it is a resistance
   substantially equal to 10^{9} 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}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {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.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Ohm

   <unit> The {MKS} unit of electrical {resistance}.  One Ohm is
   the resistance of a conductor across which a {potential
   difference} of one {Volt} produces a {current} of one
   {Ampere}.  Named after {Georg Simon Ohm}.

   (2003-12-02)