ohm
/əʊm//oʊm/
ohm noun: 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.
Noun
ohm (plural ohms)
- 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.
- If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461
- As the test light voltage touches terminal "C7", the module should switch, causing the ohmmeter to "overrange" if the meter is in the 1000-2000 ohms position.1992, Chilton's General Motors, page 7
ohm meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Arabic
ohm in Tamil
- ஓம், அக்கடத்தியின் மின்தடை ஒர் ஒம்
ohm in Malayalam
- വിദ്യുത്രോധത്തിൻറെ മാത്ര
ohm in Tagalog
- the derived unit of electrical resistance
- omyo, om
ohm in Arabic
- the derived unit of electrical resistance
- أُوم ʔōm
More languagesFewer languages
- ohm in Malay
- ohm
- ohm in Indonesian
- ohm
- ohm in Thai
- โอห์ม oom
Forms of ohm
| plural | ohms |
|---|
Origin of ohm
Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather, paternal uncle”) + *haimaz (“home”). Doublet of oom and of dialectal eam (“uncle”).
Words formed from ohm
Words that rhyme with ohm
Questions about ohm
- What does ohm mean?
- Ohm means 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.
- What is ohm in Tamil?
- Ohm in Tamil is ஓம், அக்கடத்தியின் மின்தடை ஒர் ஒம். See Ohm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ohm?
- Ohm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ohm?
- Ohm is pronounced /əʊm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ohm?
- The plural of ohm is ohms.
Words near ohm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ohm (page history and authors); ohm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Ohm (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ohm.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ohm.wav.
Cite this entry: “ohm.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ohm. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.