Ampere

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A unit of electric current in the meter-kilogram-second system. It is the steady current that when flowing in straight parallel wires of infinite length and negligible cross section, separated by a distance of one meter in free space, produces a force between the wires of 2 × 10-7 newtons per meter of length.
  • n. A unit in the International System specified as one International coulomb per second and equal to 0.999835 ampere. See Table at measurement.
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  • n. A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The unit employed in measuring the strength of an electrical current. It is the current which flows through a conductor whose resistance is one ohm, and between the two ends of which the unit difference of potentials, one volt, is maintained.
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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 Systeme International d'Unites
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