ohm

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English

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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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əʊm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /oʊm/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊm

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

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Czech

Noun

ohm m inan

  1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)

Declension

Declension of ohm (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative ohm ohmy
genitive ohmu ohmů
dative ohmu ohmům
accusative ohm ohmy
vocative ohme ohmy
locative ohmu ohmech
instrumental ohmem ohmy

Further reading

  • ohm in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ohm in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)

  1. ohm

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

  1. ohm

Further reading

Galician

Noun

ohm m (plural ohns)

  1. ohm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (definite singular ohmen, indefinite plural ohm, definite plural ohmane)

  1. ohm

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m inan

  1. (uncommon) ohm

Declension

Declension of ohm
singular plural
nominative ohm ohmy
genitive ohma ohmów
dative ohmowi ohmom
accusative ohm ohmy
instrumental ohmem ohmami
locative ohmie ohmach
vocative ohmie ohmy

Further reading

  • ohm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. See German Ohm.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ohm

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

  1. ohm (the derived unit of electrical resistance)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ohm.

Noun

ohm m (plural ohmi)

  1. ohm

Declension

Declension of ohm
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ohm ohmul (niște) ohmi ohmii
genitive/dative (unui) ohm ohmului (unor) ohmi ohmilor
vocative ohmule ohmilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈom/
  • Rhymes: -om
  • Syllabification: ohm

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

  1. Alternative form of ohmio

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854), attested since 1882.

Noun

ohm c

  1. ohm, Ω
    • 1883, Gustaf Robert Dahlander, “Uppmätning af potentialskilnaden mellan två punkter”, in Elektriciteten och dess förnämsta tekniska tillämpningar‎, page 57:
      Däremot har det för svagare strömmar afsedda instrumentet 100 ohms motstånd, […]
      On the other hand, the instrument for weaker currents has a resistance of 100 ohms,

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