adjective
- relating to or following Ohm’s law, which describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits
Usage: physics; electrical engineering
Examples
- The resistor showed ohmic behavior across the tested voltage range.
- Ohmic heating occurs when electrical current passes through a conductor.
- The circuit analysis assumed all components were ohmic.
- Non-ohmic devices like diodes don’t follow the simple linear relationship.
- The ohmic resistance of the wire increased with temperature.
- Students learned to identify ohmic versus non-ohmic materials in lab.