reciprocal ohm

1. 1.

   a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

   SynonymsmhosiemensS

   Broaderconductance unit

Questions about reciprocal ohm

What does reciprocal ohm mean?

reciprocal ohm means "a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm".

What is another word for reciprocal ohm?

Close synonyms include mho, siemens, S. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reciprocal ohm a common word?

reciprocal ohm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.