rms
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rms
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r.m.s.
R.M.S.
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American
abbreviation
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Railway Mail Service.
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British. Royal Mail Service.
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British. Royal Mail Steamship.
RMS
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British
abbreviation
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Royal Mail Service
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Royal Mail Steamer
rms
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British
abbreviation
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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
You can think of these rms and average values as the equivalent DC values for a simple resistive circuit.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Since an AC voltage is applied, there is an rms current, but it is limited by the capacitor.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
What will be the ratio of kinetic energies and rms speeds of a nitrogen molecule and a helium atom at the same temperature?
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Certain heavy industrial equipment uses AC power that has a peak voltage of 679 V. What is the rms voltage?
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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