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Answer for the clue "A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere ", 3 letters:
ohm

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Word definitions for ohm in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms. ▪ Accuracy is cited both in percent error and as the shortfall in ohms. ▪ Either way it has an output ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ohm \Ohm\ ([=o]m), n. [So called from the German electrician, G. S. Ohm.] (Elec.) The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one amp['e]re. ...

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.