"ohm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əʊm/ [UK], /oʊm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ohm.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ohm.wav Forms: ohms [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from a Proto-Germanic word. Compare Dutch oom (“uncle”). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Georg Ohm}} Georg Ohm, {{named-after|en|Georg Ohm|nationality=Bavarian|occupation=physicist|wplink=Georg Ohm}} Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{cog|de|Ohm||uncle}} German Ohm (“uncle”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|nl|oom||uncle}} Dutch oom (“uncle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ohm (plural ohms)
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω Wikipedia link: ohm Categories (topical): Physics, SI units Derived forms: giga-ohm, kilo-ohm, mega-ohm, micro-ohm, milli-ohm, nano-ohm, pico-ohm, tera-ohm Translations (the derived unit of electrical resistance): أُوم (ʔōm) [masculine] (Arabic), օհմ (ōhm) (Armenian), ом (om) [masculine] (Belarusian), ом (om) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ohm [masculine] (Catalan), 歐姆 /欧姆 (ōumǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), ohm [masculine] (Czech), ohm [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), omo (Esperanto), ohmi (Finnish), ohm [masculine] (French), ომი (omi) (Georgian), Ohm [neuter] (German), ωμ (om) [neuter] (Greek), אוהם (ohm) [masculine] (Hebrew), אוֹם (om) [masculine] (Hebrew), óm (Icelandic), ohm (Indonesian), ohm (Interlingua), óm [masculine] (Irish), ohm (Italian), オーム (ōmu) (Japanese), អូម (ʼoum) (Khmer), (om) (Korean), oms (Latvian), ом (om) [masculine] (Macedonian), ohm (Malay), wae parehiko (Maori), om [masculine] (Polish), ohm [masculine] (Polish), ohm [masculine] (Portuguese), ом (om) [masculine] (Russian), ом [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), om [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ohmio [masculine] (Spanish), ohm [common-gender] (Swedish), omyo (Tagalog), om (Tagalog), โอห์ม (oom) (Thai), om (Turkish), ом (om) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ohm-en-noun-9pr6b83E Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Belarusian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Hebrew terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Macedonian terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes

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      "sense": "the derived unit of electrical resistance",
      "word": "wae parehiko"
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      "sense": "the derived unit of electrical resistance",
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      "word": "โอห์ม"
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