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n. - A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.

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  • Lord Kelvin is credited with coining mho by reversing the spelling of ohm.
  • We could also call mho a backword, but we are better off staying with the family of - onyms.
  • An ohm is a unit of electrical resistance (named for the German physicist, Georg Simon Ohm), and a mho is a unit of conductivity of a body whose resistance is one ohm.
  • If any political effect at all, it will be anti-incumbment, mho.
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  • Note: A "mho" is (an electrical unit); "mot" is (a witty remark), and "mow" is (to cut down grass).
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