RESISTANCE UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reciprocal of conductance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("resistance unit" is a kind of...):

electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance unit"):

abohm (a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm)

ohm (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)

megohm (a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms)

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