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ampere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ampere has 2 senses
- ampere(n = noun.quantity) international ampere - a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere); Array is a kind of current unit
- ampere(n = noun.quantity) a, amp - the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" is a kind of current unit
has parts: ma, milliampere
is a part of abamp, abampere
CIDE DICTIONARY
ampere, n. [From the name of a French electrician.].
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 ampère . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ampere, n. Electr. the SI base unit of electric current.
Usage
Symb.: A.
Etymology
A. M. Amp{egrave}re, Fr. physicist d. 1836
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