- New York Times Crossword
- January 7 2024
- Piece de resistance?
Piece de resistance?
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Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | OHM | Piece de resistance? | New York Times |
Definition
• | 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 ampere. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm. |
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