ohmic resistance

English

Noun

ohmic resistance (countable and uncountable, plural ohmic resistances)

  1. (electricity) That portion of the apparent resistance or impedance of a circuit which depends only upon the dimensions of the conductors, their temperature, and the materials of which they are composed.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ohmic resistance.

References
  • The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
  • Edwin J. Houston (1903) A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases, P. F. Collier & Son, entry “Resistance, Ohmic”, page 456: “The term ohmic resistance must be regarded as a pleonasm. Its use can only be permitted in contradistinction to counter electromotive force resistance. True and spurious resistance would seem preferable.”
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