statohm

(electricity) The unit of resistance, reactance, and impedance in the electrostatic centimeter-gram-second system of units, equal to the resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference of 1 statvolt between these points produces a current of 1 statampere; it is equal to approximately 8.9876 × 10¹¹ ohms. Abbreviated statΩ.

[Etymology: electrostatic ohm] electrostatic resistance. Symbol statΩ. Metric-c.g.s. The ohm of the e.s.u. system and of the Gaussian system, for a steady current identically statV/statA and reciprocal statmho. 1 statΩ = 8.987 552~ GΩ.