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ampere
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
Pronunciation
Noun
ampere (plural amperes)
- A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
- Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10−19 when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of ΔνCs. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)
- 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:
- If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
Derived terms
- abampere
- ammeter
- ampacity
- amperage
- ampere balance
- ampere-foot
- ampere-hour
- ampere-turn
- amperometer
- attoampere
- centiampere
- decaampere
- deciampere
- exaampere
- femtoampere
- gigaampere
- hectoampere
- kiloampere
- megaampere
- megampere
- microamp
- microampere
- milliamp
- milliampere
- nanoamp
- nano-amp
- nanoampere
- picoamp
- picoampere
- teraampere
- voltampere
- volt-ampere
- yoctoampere
- zeptoampere
- zettaampere
Translations
unit of electrical current
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.
Pronunciation
Noun
ampere m (plural amperes)
Derived terms
- ampere hora
Further reading
- “ampere”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Eastern Arrernte
Noun
ampere
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
- 2020. Eastern and Central Arrernte Learners' List, compiled by Veronica Perrule Dobson and John Henderson. Alice Springs, NT.
Galician
Etymology
From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.
Noun
ampere m (plural amperes)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch ampère, from French ampère, named after André-Marie Ampère.
Pronunciation
Noun
Further reading
- “ampere” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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