Meanings
nounohmmeter (plural ohmmeters)
plural ohmmeters
- natural sciencesA portable device for measuring relatively small values of electrical resistance.
Origin
- Englishohm
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Englishohmmeter
Translations
Catalan òhmmetre, ohmímetre
- òhmmetredevice for measuing resistance
- ohmímetredevice for measuing resistance
French ohmmètre
- ohmmètredevice for measuing resistance
Greek ωμόμετρο
- ωμόμετρο (omómetro)device for measuing resistance
Irish óm-mhéadar
- óm-mhéadardevice for measuing resistance
Italian ohmetro
- ohmetrodevice for measuing resistance
Malay meter ohm, ohmmeter
- meter ohmdevice for measuing resistance
- ohmmeterdevice for measuing resistance
Polish omomierz
- omomierzdevice for measuing resistance
Russian омме́тр
- омме́тр (ommétr)device for measuing resistance
Spanish ohmímetro, óhmetro
- ohmímetrodevice for measuing resistance
- óhmetrodevice for measuing resistance
Vietnamese điện trở kế, máy đo điện trở
- điện trở kếdevice for measuing resistance
- máy đo điện trởdevice for measuing resistance
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
ohmmeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ohmmeter
MLA
“ohmmeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ohmmeter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ohmmeter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ohmmeter.
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