statohm

statohm
/stat"ohm'/, n. Elect.
the electrostatic unit of resistance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 1011 ohms and equal to the resistance in a conductor in which one statvolt of potential difference produces a current of one statampere.
[stat- (see STATAMPERE) + -OHM]

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