Associations to the word «Siemens»

Wiktionary

SIEMENS, 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

Dictionary definition

SIEMENS, noun. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
SIEMENS, noun. Engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883).
SIEMENS, noun. German electrical engineer (1816-1892).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats