What does "mho" mean?

A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.

What is a synonym for "mho"?

Common synonyms include: siemens, conductance, conduction, conductor, dielectric, kilowatt hour.

noun, phrase

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Noun

1
A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.
"Near-synonyms: siemens, S"
2
a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm wordnet

Phrase

1
Initialism of my honest/humble opinion. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"However, I was only in town for a few days...so it's only a short-term observation. Just MHO. No offense meant to any T-town natives."

"If resistance is measured in ohms, conductance is measured in mhos."

ohm spelled backwards.

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