Ohm

Ohm
Recorded as Ohm, Oehm, Oehme, Ohms, and possibly others, this is a famous German surname. It derives from a pre 7th century word "om" meaning uncle, a word of endearment which did not necessarily mean a close blood relative, but could have the more general translation of a "close older friend of the family". A close younger friend in the same circumstances might have been referred to as "wetter" or cousin. As to how these descriptive expressions progressed into being popular surnames from about the 13th century a.d., is unclear. Arguably they are nicknames and therefore names given to people who habitually used the expression or in this case, were for some reason publically called uncle! An alternative suggestion is that they were theatrical names, used by actors in the travelling theatres of the period who played the part of an uncle, the actor eventually being named after the part he played. What is certain is that as a surname it is one of the earliest recorded in the surviving registers of Germany. The first recording may be that of Johannes Ohm of Hamburg in the year 1298, with Phillipus Om being recorded in the charters of Sponheim in 1306. The international measurement of electrical resistance is the ohm, named after Professor Georg Ohm of Munich, (1787 - 1854).

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  • ohm — ohm …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • ohm — [ om ] n. m. • 1867; nom d un physicien all. ♦ Métrol. Unité de mesure de résistance électrique (symb.Ω). L ohm, ses multiples et ses sous multiples (kilohm, mégohm, microhm...) sont conservés à l aide de résistances étalons faites de fil de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ohm — OHM, ohmi, s.m. Unitate de măsură a rezistenţei electrice, în sistemul de unităţi metru kilogram secundă amper, egală cu rezistenţa pe care o opune un conductor electric străbătut de un curent de un amper la tensiunea de un volt. [pr.: om] – Din… …   Dicționar Român

  • Ohm — /ohm/, n. Georg Simon, /gay awrddk zee mawn/ 1787 1854, German physicist. * * * ▪ unit of energy measurement       abbreviation Ω, unit of electrical resistance in the metre kilogram second system, named in honour of the 19th century German… …   Universalium

  • ohm — òhm s.m.inv. TS fis., elettr. nel Sistema Internazionale, unità di misura della resistenza elettrica (simb. Ω) {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1892. ETIMO: da Ohm, nome del fisico tedesco Georg Simon Ohm (1787 1854). POLIREMATICHE: ohm acustico: loc.s.m …   Dizionario italiano

  • Ohm —    , OHM S LAW    Georg Simon Ohm (1787 1854), was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, to a family of locksmiths.    Ohm received a doctorate in physics when he was twenty two and then accepted a position teaching mathematics at the Jesuit… …   Dictionary of eponyms

  • Ohm — ([=o]m), n. [So called from the German electrician, G. S. Ohm.] (Elec.) The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one amp[ e]re.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ohm — Ohm, vorzugsweise ein Weinmaß, das aber in den meisten Ländern verschieden ist. In Hamburg z. B. rechnet man auf 1 Ohm 5 Eimer oder 80 Kannen, in Hannover 60 Kannen, eben so in Schweden, in Würtemberg 160 Maß, in Baden 100 Maß etc. Fast überall… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • ohm — [əum US oum] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Georg Simon Ohm (1787 1854), German scientist] a unit for measuring electrical ↑resistance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ohm — (n.) unit of electrical resistance, 1867, in recognition of German physicist Georg S. Ohm (1789 1854), who determined the law of the flow of electricity. Originally proposed as ohma (1861) as a unit of voltage. Related: ohmage; ohmic; ohmeter …   Etymology dictionary

  • ohm — (izg. ȏm) m DEFINICIJA izvedena SI jedinica električnog otpora (simbol Ω); otpor između dvije točke vodiča iznosi 1 Ω ako pod utjecajem potencijalne razlike (između tih točaka) od jednog volta vodičem teče struja od jednog ampera (Ω = V/A)… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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