siemens

Meanings

Plural: siemens

Noun

a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
German electrical engineer (1816-1892)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm. Symbol: S

Origin / Etymology

Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.

Synonyms

Ernst Werner von Siemens, Karl Wilhelm Siemens, mho, reciprocal ohm, S, Sir Charles William Siemens

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