How to pronounce ohm

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What ohm means

noun

A unit for measuring resistance to electric current

In a sentence: The tiny part in our circuit kit has a resistance of just one ohm.

Where it comes from: It is named after Georg Ohm, a German scientist who studied how electric current flows.

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