 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ampere
noun
1: a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the
SI ampere) [syn: {international ampere}]
2: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme
International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit
carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: {amp}, {A}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ampere \Am'p['e]re"\ ([aum]N'p[^a]r"), Ampere \Am*pere"\
([a^]m*p[=a]r"), noun [From the name of a French electrician.]
(Elec.)
The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International
Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one
tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of
electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the
unvarying current which, when passed through a standard
solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at
the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the
{international amp['e]re}.
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