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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The law stating that the direct current flowing in a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference between its ends. It is usually formulated as V = IR, where V is the potential difference, or voltage, I is the current, and R is the resistance of the conductor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See law.

Wiktionary

  1. n. physics Ohm's observation that the direct current flowing in an electrical circuit consisting only of resistances is directly proportional to the voltage applied.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Elec.) the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. electric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R

Etymologies

  1. From Georg Ohm, German physicist (Wiktionary)
  2. After Georg Simon Ohm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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