Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: mho
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.

phrase

Initialism of my honest/humble opinion.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: siemens, S"
"If resistance is measured in ohms, conductance is measured in mhos."
"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."
"I have no problems with anyone playing a system that they like, EVER! I personally may not like it, but that's MHO, but if other people enjoy it, fine, they can play it."
"Course, obviously they are not the only ones. Some people that irrationally hate the military as a whole *might* just qualify as well. (MHO of course)"

Etymology

ohm spelled backwards.

Inflected Forms

mhos (plural)

Derived Forms

abmho megamho megmho mhometer micromho millimho

Frequently Paired Words

daraf yrneh mul:℧ IMHO JMHO

Synonyms

siemens mul:S reciprocal ohm s

Questions

What does mho mean?: A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.
Where does mho come from?: ohm spelled backwards.

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