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ampere

am·pere
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [am-peer, am-peer]
    • /ˈæm pɪər, æmˈpɪər/
    • /æmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [am-peer, am-peer]
    • /ˈæm pɪər, æmˈpɪər/

Definitions of ampere word

  • countable noun ampere An ampere is a unit which is used for measuring electric current. The abbreviation amp is also used. 3
  • noun ampere André Marie (ɑ̃dre mari). 1775–1836, French physicist and mathematician, who made major discoveries in the fields of magnetism and electricity 3
  • noun ampere the basic SI unit of electric current; the constant current that, when maintained in two parallel conductors of infinite length and negligible cross section placed 1 metre apart in free space, produces a force of 2 × 10–7 newton per metre between them. 1 ampere is equivalent to 1 coulomb per second 3
  • noun ampere a former unit of electric current (international ampere); the current that, when passed through a solution of silver nitrate, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram per second. 1 international ampere equals 0.999835 ampere 3
  • noun ampere André Maˈrie (ɑ̃dʀeɪ maˈʀi) ; ändrā mȧrēˈ) 1775-1836; Fr. physicist & mathematician 3
  • noun ampere the basic unit of electric current intensity, equal, in the MKS system, to a rate of flow of charge in a conductor or conducting medium of one coulomb per second and, in the SI system, to a constant current that, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length and negligible circular cross section placed one meter apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2×10-7 newton per meter of length: abbrev. A or amp 3

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Origin of ampere

First appearance:

before 1881
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1881; named after A. M. Ampère

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Parts of speech for Ampere

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ampere popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for ampere

noun ampere

  • a — In music, A is the sixth note in the scale of C major.
  • a&p — (medicine) Initialism of anterior and posterior.

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