Definition
abohm
noun
- A unit of electrical resistance in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system, equal to 10⁻⁹ ohms.
Usage: technical; physics; rarely used in modern practice; the ohm is the standard SI unit
Examples
- The abohm was part of the CGS electromagnetic unit system.
- Modern electrical measurements use the ohm rather than the abohm.
- One abohm equals one billionth of an ohm.
- The abohm is an obsolete unit in contemporary physics.