niall Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 In frequency based resistance cases, I believe the proper term is Reactance, normally identified by X (At least for Capacitors and Inductors anyway) you are correct, but Impedance is the term that covers both Reactance and Resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Technically voltage and wattage are slang; Voltage should be potential difference.Wattage should be power. Amperage (current) and ohmage (impedance, resistance, reactance) are such awkward constructions that I don't use them, I use wattage in conversation but wouldn't in a written work. I find it reasonable to use voltage as potential difference is a mouthful; conversely amperage is far harder to say than current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammie300 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'm Taught in A Level Electronics that: Resistance for DC CurrentandImpedance for AC Current Never Ohmage or Ampage(Current) I'm sure the Ohm's Law wasnt intended to say Voltage = Ampage * Ohmage James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisD Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I'm Taught in A Level Electronics that: Resistance for DC CurrentandImpedance for AC CurrentI fail to see what's wrong using Impedance for DC Current. Impedance, I've always found to be a catch all for Resistance and Reactance. Ohmage the same, although not being a very good word, like Voltage and Wattage, but it's still valid. Never Ohmage or Ampage(Current) I'm sure the Ohm's Law wasnt intended to say Voltage = Ampage * Ohmage<pedant>I was taught it as Ohms Rule as it's only true for a small group of items (Ohmic devices). </pedant> And I doubt Mr Ohm would've had the audacity to put his own name in his rule, so I tend to agree that Ohmage is a bit of a dodgy word, but we all still know what you're on about, so there's no need to get too bothered about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanjast Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Can't say I've ever heard of that word... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Ohmage? Isn't that what we pay to Eric Clapton? And they laughed at me when I said we need a forum to discuss the English language :D edit typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicemms Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I looked it up in my mum's large dictionary this morning and it was in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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