siemens, S (unit)

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ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/2019/named/siemens
Definition name: siemens

Unit name: siemens
Latin symbol: S
Display symbol: S

Description: A derived SI unit for electrical conductance equal to kg⁻¹·m⁻²·s³·A² using the 2019 SI base units.

"The International Committee will ask the General Conference to approve two special names: [...] siemens (symbol S) for the SI unit of conductance (Ω⁻¹)." [14th CGPM Meeting (1971)].

The siemens was defined at the 14th CGPM Meeting in 1971 and implicitly redefined via the redefinitions of the meter at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1 and the kilogram at the 26th CGPM Meeting (2018), resolution 1.

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JSON definition:

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    "title": "siemens",
    "symbol": "S",
    "display-symbol": "S",
    "description": "A derived SI unit for electrical conductance equal to kg\u207b\u00b9\u00b7m\u207b\u00b2\u00b7s\u00b3\u00b7A\u00b2 using the 2019 SI base units.\n\n\"The International Committee will ask the General Conference to approve two special names: [...] siemens (symbol S) for the SI unit of conductance (\u03a9\u207b\u00b9).\" [14th CGPM Meeting (1971)].\n\nThe siemens was defined at the 14th CGPM Meeting in 1971 and implicitly redefined via the redefinitions of the meter at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1 and the kilogram at the 26th CGPM Meeting (2018), resolution 1.",
    "resources": [
        {
            "relation": "Definition at the 14th CGPM Meeting (1971)",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/14-1971"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/17-1983/resolution-1"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Redefinition of the kilogram at the 26th CGPM Meeting (2018), resolution 1",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/26-2018/resolution-1"
        },
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            "relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
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        }
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    },
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