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キロオーム (kirooomu) Japanese meaning: kiloohm | Kotomora

キロオーム

Meanings

1

kiloohm; kilohm

Unit of electrical resistance equal to 1,000 ohms. Used in technical and scientific contexts.

この抵てい抗こう器きは10キロオームです。
This resistor is 10 kiloohms.

Related words

オーム
オーム is the base unit of electrical resistance; キロオーム is 1,000 times larger.
メガオーム
メガオーム is 1,000,000 ohms, while キロオーム is 1,000 ohms.

Built from

キロ+オーム

Etymology

From English 'kiloohm', combining the metric prefix 'kilo-' with the unit 'ohm'.