Meaning of AMPERE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ampeer
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)
- [n] the basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
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AMPERE is a 6 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | A, amp, international ampere |
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| | See Also: | | abamp, abampere, current unit, mA, milliampere | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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