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ohm
ohm (symbol Ω) SI unit of electrical
resistance, equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a constant
potential difference of one
volt between them produces a current of one
ampere.
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OHM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON DIRECTOR'S RESIGNATION
PR Newswire; 12/19/1994; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM), a leading hazardous waste remediation firm, said...resigning from the Company's board a month ago. OHM said John W. Dewey, a Managing Director of Lehman...
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Ohm breaks state scoring mark.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Staff Writer Elgin, Minn. -- When Katie Ohm walked out of English class Monday afternoon...They all said, `Congratulations,' " Ohm said. "I was like, `Oh, wait - I haven...s elementary school showed up to watch Ohm become Minnesota's career leading basketball...
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OHM POSTS $25 MILLION PRE-TAX ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE RESERVE; OHM OBTAINS ADDITIONAL FINANCING FROM BANK GROUP; OHM PROVIDES UPDATE ON RUST TRANSACTION
PR Newswire; 1/20/1995; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM), a leading nationwide environmental remediation...plans to announce such results in early February. OHM also announced that its bank group recently amended...
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OHM SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE RUST MERGER AT ANNUAL MEETING; MERGER CREATES LARGEST REMEDIATION COMPANY; OHM SEES SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN GOVERNMENT; DIRECTORS ELECTED
PR Newswire; 5/23/1995; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM) announced that the proposal to merge OHM and the hazardous and nuclear waste remediation services businesses of Rust International...
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OHM CORPORATION'S MINNESOTA OFFICE MOVES
PR Newswire; 6/1/1992; 700+ words
; OHM CORPORATION'S MINNESOTA OFFICE MOVES NEW HOPE, Minn., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation's (NYSE: OHM) Minnesota office will move in response to increasing client needs...
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OHM results for 1990 "dramatically improved"
Newspaper article from: Haznews; 9/1/1991; 700+ words
; OHM Corporation, the US hazardous waste management...Haznews, June 1990, p. 11). According to OHM's 1990 annual report, the greatest improvement...balance from its asbestos abatement services. OHM said that the results reflected "increases...
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OHM AND RUST MERGER AGREEMENT AMENDED; OHM SHAREHOLDER VOTE NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY 23
PR Newswire; 5/5/1995; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM) and Rust International Inc. (NYSE: RST) today...waste and nuclear remediation services businesses into OHM. Pending timely clearance by the Securities and Exchange...
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Ohm Laboratories Inc.(Vendor Close-ups)
Magazine article from: MMR; 10/19/2009; 700+ words
; PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ohm Laboratories Inc. is a prime supplier of specialty over-the-counter medications. Ohm's manufacturing facility produces both...medications, and this expertise facilitates Ohm's focus on niche prescription to O...
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OHM EXPECTS 1ST QUARTER EPS IN LINE WITH STREET EXPECTATIONS DESPITE LOWER RESULTS REPORTED TODAY BY ITS NSC SUBSIDIARY; CITES IMPROVED PROFITABILITY IN ON-SITE HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEAN-UP BUSINESS
PR Newswire; 4/28/1993; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM), a leading on-site hazardous waste remediation...SLIGHTLY LOWER EARNINGS In a separate announcement, OHM's 70 percent owned asbestos abatement subsidiary...
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OHM AWARDED $210 MILLION OF U.S. AIR FORCE CONTRACTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION; CONTRACT BACKLOG AT RECORD LEVEL
PR Newswire; 7/19/1994; 700+ words
; FINDLAY, Ohio, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- OHM Corporation (NYSE: OHM), a leading on-site hazardous waste remediation...Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of OHM. "This is a record for OHM and we continue to win...
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Georg Simon Ohm
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Georg Simon Ohm The German physicist Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854) was the discoverer of the law, named for him...relationship of potential and current in electric conduction. Georg Ohm was born on March 16, 1789, in Erlangen, Bavaria, the eldest...
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Ohm, Georg Simon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
OHM, GEORG SIMON ( b . Erlangen, Bavaria, 16 March 1789; d . Munich, Bavaria, 6 July 1854) physics . Ohm was the oldest son of Johann Wolfgang Ohm, master locksmith, and Maria Elisabeth Beck, daughter of a...
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Ohm’S Law
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...is named after its discoverer, Georg Simon Ohm (1789 – 1854). Ohm found that for most electric circuits, the...therefore has units of volts per ampere, defined as ohms ( Ω ). Ohm ’ s law is not a fundamental law that...
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ohm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ohm ōm [for G. S. Ohm ], unit of electrical resistance...a current of one ampere; hence, 1 ohm equals 1 volt/ampere. The megohm (1,000,000 ohms) and the milliohm (.001 ohm) are units derived from the ohm.
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Ohm's law
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Ohm's law Statement that the amount of steady...Proposed in 1827 by the German physicist Georg Ohm (1787–1854), Ohm's law is expressed mathematically as V = IR...current in amperes, and R is the resistance in ohms).
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