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Definition of Abohm
1. Noun. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
Definition of Abohm
1. Noun. (dated) A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10-9 ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abohm
1. a unit of electrical resistance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Abohm
1. Electromagnetic unit of resistance equal to 10-9 ohm. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abohm
Literary usage of Abohm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Advanced Theory of Electricity and Magnetism: A Textbook for Colleges and by William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt (1919)
"Definition of the abohm.— A wire has a resistance of one ... electromotive force
between the terminals of a resistance of one abohm when a current of one ..."
2. General Physics: An Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt (1916)
"A portion of a circuit has a resistance of one abohm when one erg of heat is
developed in it by one ..."
3. Principles of Electrical Engineering by Harold Pender (1911)
"This unit of resistance is called the cgs electromagnetic unit of resistance or
the abohm. When the rate Ph at which heat energy is dissipated is expressed ..."
4. Dynamos and Motors: A Text Book for Colleges and Technical Schools by William Suddards Franklin, William Esty (1909)
"That is, a wire has a resistance of one ohm when one joule of heat is generated
in it per second by an ampere of current. The abohm. — When in equation (i), ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"... but we deprecate the growing use of the kelvin for the unit in which electrical
energy is bought and sold. Those evil-sounding words, also, the abohm, ..."
6. General Physics and Its Application to Industry and Everyday Life by Ervin Sidney Ferry (1921)
"Hence, the absolute electromagnetic unit of resistance, sometimes called €abohm,
is the resistance of a conductor in which one erg of is developed by the ..."
7. Electrical Engineering: First Course by Ernst Julius Berg, Walter Lyman Upson (1916)
"Resistance is that property of the material of a circuit which impedes the flow
of electricity. The absolute unit of resistance is the abohm. ..."
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