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mho

[ moh ]

noun

, Electricity.
, plural mhos.
  1. siemens


mho

/ məʊ /

noun

  1. the former name for siemens
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


mho

/ /

  1. The SI derived unit of electrical conductance, equal to one ampere per volt. It is equivalent to the reciprocal of the ohm unit.
  2. Also called siemens


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mho1

C19: formed by reversing the letters of ohm (first used by Lord Kelvin)
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Example Sentences

A conductor having a resistance of 100 ohms has a conductivity of .01 mho.

ROLF, mho brings up the rear, is about twenty, with an open face and stiffish butter-coloured hair.

As conductance is the reciprocal of resistance it is measured by the reciprocal ohm or mho.

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