siemens

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

siemens
    n 1: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
         [syn: {mho}, {siemens}, {reciprocal ohm}, {S}]
    2: engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and
       who moved to England (1823-1883) [syn: {Siemens}, {Karl
       Wilhelm Siemens}, {Sir Charles William Siemens}]
    3: German electrical engineer (1816-1892) [syn: {Siemens},
       {Ernst Werner von Siemens}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Siemens

   A German semiconductor and electronics manufacturer.

   (http://siemens.de/).

   [Summary?]

   (1995-07-26)