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Bit of resistance?
Answer for the clue "Bit of resistance? ", 3 letters:
ohm
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Ohm , the right tributary of the Lahn , is a river in Hesse , Germany , Its total length is 59 km. The Ohm originates in the Vogelsberg Mountains , east of the town Ulrichstein . It flows generally northwest through Ulrichstein , Mücke , Homberg (Ohm) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unit of electrical resistance, 1867, in recognition of German physicist Georg S. Ohm (1789-1854), who determined the law of the flow of electricity. Originally proposed as ohma (1861) as a unit of voltage. Related: ohmage ; ohmic ; ohmeter .
Usage examples of ohm.
When Ohm had only a few human robots he got enough astatine from his own banknotes.
Volt, ohm, ampere: might as well be biff, baff, boff, for all the sense it makes.
So it has to force its way through whillions and skillions of ohms of resistance to get through to you at all.
They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg.
I can't risk getting most of the way home and then seeing the whole thing go to data heaven because of an oHm drop, or a surge too great for the suppressor to cope with.