mΩ\text{m}\Omega

milliohm

Resistanceexact by definition

The milliohm is one thousandth of an ohm. It is the scale of current-sense shunts, contact and connector resistance, busbar joints and battery internal resistance, all measured with four-wire techniques because the test leads themselves are worth more than the sample. The factor of 1e-3 is exact, being an SI prefix.

Watch out: A two-wire meter cannot read milliohms honestly. Lead and contact resistance of an ordinary test lead pair runs from tens to hundreds of milliohms, so a four-wire Kelvin connection is required rather than optional.

1 mΩ\text{m}\Omega 0.001 Ω\Omega

One milliohm in every resistance unit

1,000,000nanoohm (nΩ)
1,000microohm (μΩ)
1milliohm (mΩ)this unit
0.001ohm (Ω)
0.000001kiloohm (kΩ)
1.00000e-09megaohm (MΩ)
1.00000e-12gigaohm (GΩ)
1.00000e-15teraohm (TΩ)