Siemens Definition

sēmənz
noun
The basic unit of electric conductance in the SI system, equal to one ampere per volt.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • s
  • reciprocal ohm
  • mho
  • Sir Charles William Siemens
  • Karl Wilhelm Siemens
  • Ernst Werner von Siemens

Origin of Siemens

  • Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Ernst Werner von Siemens

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Siemens Sentence Examples

  • The Siemens polarized relay, shown in fig.

  • It was not, however, a commercial success, and the same result attended Siemens and Halske's application of the silent discharge.

  • In 1888 the Dowlais Iron Company (now Messrs Guest, Keen & Nettlefold, Ltd.) acquired here some ninety acres on which were built four blast furnaces and six Siemens' smelting furnaces.

  • In 1890 he was appointed director of the Siemens laboratory at King's College, London, with the title of professor of electrical engineering.

  • In 1878 Sir William Siemens patented a form of furnace' which is the type of a very large number of those designed by later inventors.

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Words Starting With

SSISIE

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