ampere
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ampere (plural amperes)
- A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
- 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 × 10–7 newton per metre of length. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures ↗)
- French: ampère
- German: Ampere
- Italian: ampere
- Portuguese: ampere
- Russian: ампе́р
- Spanish: amperio, ampere
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