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オーム (oomu) Japanese meaning: ohm | Kotomora

オーム

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Meanings

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ohm

Standard unit of electrical resistance in physics and engineering.

この抵てい抗こう器きは100オームです。
This resistor is 100 ohms.

Expressions

オームの法ほう則そくOhm's law

Related words

Ω
オーム is the standard Japanese name for the unit of electrical resistance, while オメガ (Ω) is used mainly to refer to its symbol rather than the spoken unit name.

Word family

オーム計けい
ohmmeter
キロオーム
kiloohm; kilohm
バリオーム
variable resistor; potentiometer

Etymology

From German Ohm, named after the physicist Georg Simon Ohm.