English noun: ohm | |||
| 1. | ohm (quantity) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | resistance unit | ||
| Part holonym | abohm | ||
| Part meronym | megohm | ||
| 2. | Ohm (person) German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854) | ||
| Synonyms | Georg Simon Ohm | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||