[WAAAY OT]

[Eric Crist]

That's it!  Reason for my question was that a buddy asked me as a trivia
question.  Bet me $50 I couldn't figure it out (we both agreed any
method I could use was OK) by the time he left for Vancouver, WA
tomorrow morning.

Thanks guys.



Eric F Crist
President
AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc
(612) 998-3588



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baron Fujimoto [mailto:baron at lava.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:45 PM
> To: Eric Crist
> Subject: RE: [WAAAY OT]
>
>
> ahh, I didn't realize that's what you were asking.  I've seen
> at least one reference that speculates that "I" was for
> Intensity, though even there they acknowledge dispute over
> the etymology.  I always just assumed it was a standard
> chosen to minimize ambiguity with many other common physical
> properties.
>
  http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_2/1.html

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Eric Crist wrote:

: Thanks for all your responses, but I still don't have the information
: I'm seeking.  The letter I in Ohm's Law is short for an english word,
: such as E is short for Electromotive Force (or Voltage), and R is
short
: for Resistance.
:
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Luke [mailto:luked at pobox.com]
: > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:24 PM
: > To: Eric Crist
: > Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
: > Subject: Re: [WAAAY OT]
: >
: >
: >
: > > Anyone know what the ACTUAL definition/word for I in Ohm's
: > Law is?  I
: > > know:
: > >
: > > E= Electromotive Force
: > > R= Resistance
: > > I= ?  (I know it's amperage, but what does I mean?)
: >
: > Impedance