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Ohm's law

Ohm's law states that in a well-behaved conductor (a so-called ohmic conductor), the electric current between two points is directly proportional to the voltage (the difference of electric potential) across the two points.

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related to Linear approximations · 20
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has effect · 12
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related to Hydraulic analogy · 12
Ohm's law → Darcy's, Finally, Flow, In, More, Ohm's, Poiseuille's, PSI, Similarly, The, Water, We
related to Microscopic origins · 8
Ohm's law → Classical, Drude, Electrons, Ohm's, Paul Drude, The, The Drude, With
related to Resistive circuits · 7
Ohm's law → AC, An, At, DC, In, Ohm's, Resistors
related to Scope · 6
Ohm's law → Any, As, In, It, Maxwell's, Ohm's
related to Reactive circuits with time-varying signals · 5
Ohm's law → AC, Equations, However, Ohm's, When
see also · 4
Ohm's law → Electronics, Fick's, Maximum, Ohm's
related to Circuit analysis · 3
Ohm's law → In, IR, Ohm's

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Ohm's lawis aempirical relation which accurately describes the conductivity of the vast majority of electrically conductive materials over many orders of magnitude of current0.90text
ACinstance ofor time-varying0.80text
capacitorsinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
inductorsinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
or transmission lines are involved in a circuit to which AC or time-varying voltage or current is appliedinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
the relationship between voltageinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
current becomes the solution to a differential equationinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
so Ohm's lawinstance ofin order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit.Reactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
capacitorsinstance ofReactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
inductorsinstance ofReactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
or transmission lines are involved in a circuit to which AC or time-varying voltage or current is appliedinstance ofReactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text
the relationship between voltageinstance ofReactive circuits with time-varying signalsWhen reactive elements0.80text

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