Siemens

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  siemens
       n 1: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
            [syn: {mho}, {reciprocal ohm}, {S}]
       2: engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and
          who moved to England (1823-1883) [syn: {Karl Wilhelm
          Siemens}, {Sir Charles William Siemens}]


       3: German electrical engineer (1816-1892) [syn: {Ernst Werner
          von Siemens}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Siemens
       
          A German semiconductor and electronics manufacturer.
       
          {Home (http://www.siemens.de/)}.
       
          [Summary?]
       
          (1995-07-26)