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Definition of Ampere

1. Noun. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).

2. Noun. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. "A typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

Definition of Ampere

1. Noun. A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of ampere) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ampere

1. a unit of electric current strength [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ampere

1. The standard unit for measuring the strength of an electric current representing the flow of one coulomb of electricity per second. 1 kiloampere = 1000 amperes, 1 megampere = 1,000,000 amperes. Abbreviation: A (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ampere

ampakines ampallangs amped ampelite ampelites ampelographer ampelography ampelology ampelopsis amper

amperage amperages ampere (current term) ampere-hour ampere-hours ampere-minute ampere-second ampere-turn amperes amperometer

amperometers amperometric amperometry amperozide ampersand ampersands ampersat

Literary usage of Ampere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The average amperage of an ignition battery is 60 ampere hours and ... Lighting and Ignition battery: The amperage is from 80 to 160 ampere-hour capacity, ..."

2. Electrical Review (1891)
"This curious result for a constant-potential generator was due to the increased magnetic leakage produced as the series ampere-turns on the field came up ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1905)
"cgs lines per ampere-turn per cm. length of effective winding 1.00 cgs lines ... Length of one turn in air (free length) 106 cgs lines per ampere-turn due ..."

4. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"The ampere-turns acting on a circuit are given by the product of the turns ... For instance, 10 amp. flowing through 150 turns give 1500 ampere-turns. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"«_>u duced by one ampere flowing through a circuit one centimetre in length. ... 1) In a cycle of charge and discharge, the ratio between the ampere- hours ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"In modern alternators, the ampere-turns per pole on the field required for the air gap will usually be from two to two and one-half times the ampere-turns ..."

7. Electrical Meters: Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of by Cyril Methodius Jansky (1917)
"For practical purposes, the coulomb is too small a unit, and hence 3600 coulombs, called the ampere-hour, are used as the ..."

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