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SIEMENS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

German electrical engineer (1816-1892)

Synonyms:

Ernst Werner von Siemens; Siemens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)

Synonyms:

Karl Wilhelm Siemens; Siemens; Sir Charles William Siemens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

Synonyms:

mho; reciprocal ohm; S; siemens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("siemens" is a kind of...):

conductance unit (a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge)

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