name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
siemens
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Bessemer Township, Gogebic County, Michigan, United States, named after Werner von Siemens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: mho, ℧
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mho, mul:℧
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
German electrical engineer (1816-1892)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ernst Werner von Siemens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical engineer
noun
Meaning 5
engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Karl Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engineer, applied scientist, technologist
noun
Meaning 6
a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mho, reciprocal ohm, S
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conductance unit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Siemens.
Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 西門子 /西门子 (xīménzǐ) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Czech: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Esperanto: simenso — derived unit of electrical conductance
- French: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- German: Siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Greek: ζήμενς (zímens) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Indonesian: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Interlingua: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Japanese: ジーメンス (jīmensu) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Kazakh: сименс (simens) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Kyrgyz: сименс (simens) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Malay: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Polish: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Polish: simens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Portuguese: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Romanian: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Russian: си́менс (símens) — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Spanish: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Swedish: siemens — derived unit of electrical conductance
- Thai: ซีเมนส์ (sii-men) — derived unit of electrical conductance
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