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absohm

Phoneticsab·sohm

Definition

n. a very small unit used to measure electrical resistance. It is much smaller than the ohm and is rarely used today.

n. a unit of electrical resistance in the centimetre-gram-second system of units, equal to one hundred millionth of an ohm.

Examples

“The resistor had a value of one absohm.”

“In older scientific papers, researchers might still reference the absohm when discussing extremely low resistance values in laboratory settings.”

“While the ohm is the standard unit for resistance in modern physics, the absohm remains a historical artifact used primarily in the context of centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic units.”

Examples

simple

“The resistor had a value of one absohm.”

contextual

“In older scientific papers, researchers might still reference the absohm when discussing extremely low resistance values in laboratory settings.”

complex

“While the ohm is the standard unit for resistance in modern physics, the absohm remains a historical artifact used primarily in the context of centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic units.”

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