ampere
(noun)
noun
1. a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)
Definition categories: quantity
2. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Similar word(s): amp
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with ampere as a noun:
- Definition: The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10–7 newton per metre of length. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)