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RESISTANCE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The reciprocal of conductance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("resistance unit" is a kind of...):
electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance unit"):
abohm (a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm)
ohm (a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere)
megohm (a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms)
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