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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A unit of electrical conductance in the International System, equal to one ampere per volt.

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  • noun In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm. Symbol: S

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Ernst Werner von Siemens.]

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Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.

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