Synonyms:
Siemens, Ernst_Werner_von_Siemens
Meaning: German electrical engineer (1816-1892)
Synonyms:
Siemens, Karl_Wilhelm_Siemens, Sir_Charles_William_Siemens
Meaning: engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
Synonyms:
mho, siemens, reciprocal_ohm, S
Meaning: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
Usage examples
Siemens would quickly, in German, explain the point, but Helmholtz could not see it, although he understood English, which Siemens could speak.
When I started from Berlin on the trip, I began to tell American stories. Siemens was very fond of these stories and would laugh immensely at them, and could see the points and the humor, by his imagination; but Helmholtz could not see one of them.