Ohm's law

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.

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Ohm's law British  

noun

1. the principle that the electric current passing through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it, provided that the temperature remains constant. The constant of proportionality is the resistance of the conductor

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Ohm's law Scientific  

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1. A law relating the voltage difference between two points, the electric current flowing between them, and the resistance of the path of the current. Mathematically, the law states that V = IR, where V is the voltage difference, I is the current in amperes, and R is the resistance in ohms. For a given voltage, higher resistance entails lower current flow.

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Etymology

Origin of Ohm's law

First recorded in 1840–50; named after G. S. Ohm

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Ohm's law

Electric conduction, which is crucial for many devices, follows Ohm's law: a current responds proportionally to applied voltage.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

To see the relationship of power to resistance, we combine Ohm's law with P = IV .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

To summarize, when dealing with AC, Ohm's law and the equations for power are completely analogous to those for DC, but rms and average values are used for AC.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Once XC has been found at each frequency, Ohm’s law stated as I = V / XC can be used to find the current at each frequency.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In this way Ohm’s law has been confirmed in the case of metallic conduction to a very high degree of accuracy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various