Piece de resistance? Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Piece de resistance? crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on January 7 2024 in the popular New York Times Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Piece de resistance? has a total of 3 letters.
| 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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