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: If you spelled out the word "Ohm," it'd be different. Then I'd say "50-Ohm
: resistor. With the symbol, no.
: I never saw the hyphen in any electronics texts.
: Chuck Martin
: Technical Writer, FWB, Inc.
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Put it this way, would you say:
8-ounce glass
20-meter dash
300-pound gorilla
If not, then don't use 50-ohm resister. OTOH, why is it:
four-man bobsled
six-legged spider
I guess it's becuase the second group refers to a number of objects, where the
first group is a quantity of measure.
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