secohmn.
/ˈsɛkəʊm/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
A name proposed for a unit of electrical inductance.
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1887 Ayrton & Perry in Nature 9 June 131/2 Hence we are driven to suggesting a temporary name for the unit, and as the first three letters in ‘second’ are common to the name in English, French, German, Italian, &c., and ohm is also common, we venture to suggest ‘secohm’ as a provisional name.
1948 Atlantic May 613/2 The motion to adopt ‘henry’ as the name of this unit..was seconded by..Professor Ayrton, who had himself, a few years ago, proposed the word ‘sec-ohm’ as being a proper name for the unit of induction.
1963 H. G. Jerrard & D. B. McNeill Dict. Sci. Units 127 The secohm was equal to the product of one legal ohm and one second and its magnitude was about the same as a henry.
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