ampere

Noun
Synonyms: international ampereampA

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)Synonyms: international ampere
  2. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites“a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps”Synonyms: ampA
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ampere \Am`p[`e]re"\ ([aum]N`p[^a]r"), Ampere \Am*pere"\ ([a^]m*p[=a]r"), n. [From the name of a French electrician.] (Elec.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international amp[`e]re. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Ampere

<unit, electronics> (Amp, A) The unit of electrical current flow. One Amp is the current that will flow through a one-ohm resistance when one Volt DC is applied across it.

(2004-01-18)

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