Elec. a law which states that the current in a DC circuit is directly proportional to the applied voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance
See Ohm's law in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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noun
The law stating that the direct current flowing in a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference between its ends. It is usually formulated as V = IR, where V is the potential difference, or voltage, I is the current, and R is the resistance of the conductor.