A m ampere

[am-peer; french ahn-per] /ˈæm pɪər; french ɑ̃ˈpɛr/
noun
andré marie
[ahn-drey muh-ree;; french ahn-drey ma-ree] /ˈɑn dreɪ məˈri;; french ɑ̃ˈdreɪ maˈri/ (show ipa), 1775–1836, french physicist.
related forms
amperian
[am-peer-ee-uh n, -per-] /æmˈpɪər i ən, -ˈpɛr-/ (show ipa), adjective
ampere
/ˈæmpɛə/
noun
the basic si unit of electric current; the constant current that, when maintained in two parallel conductors of infinite length and negligible cross section placed 1 metre apart in free sp-ce, produces a force of 2 × 10–7 newton per metre between them. 1 ampere is equivalent to 1 coulomb per second
a former unit of electric current (international ampere); the current that, when p-ssed through a solution of silver nitrate, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram per second. 1 international ampere equals 0.999835 ampere
amp, a
word origin
c19: named after andré marie ampère
ampère
/ˈæmpɛə; french ɑ̃pɛr/
noun
andré marie (ɑ̃dre mari). 1775–1836, french physicist and mathematician, who made major discoveries in the fields of magnetism and electricity
ampere
n.

1881, “the current that one volt can send through one ohm,” from french ampère, named for french physicist andré-marie ampère (1775-1836). shortened form amp is attested from 1886.

ampere am·pere (ām’pēr’)
n.
abbr. a

a unit of electric current in the meter-kilogram-second system, equal to the current that, flowing in two parallel wires one meter apart, produces a force of 2 × 10-7 newtons per meter.

a unit in the international system specified as one international coulomb per second and equal to 0.999835 ampere.

ampere
(ām’pîr’)
the si unit used to measure electric current. electric current through any given cross-section (such as a cross-section of a wire) may be measured as the amount of electrical charge moving through that cross-section in one second. one ampere is equal to a flow of one coulomb per second, or a flow of 6.28 × 1018 electrons per second.
ampère
(ām’pîr’, äm-pěr’)
french mathematician and physicist who is best known for his -n-lysis of the relationship between magnetic force and electric current. he formulated ampère’s law, which describes the strength of the magnetic field produced by the flow of energy through a conductor. the ampere unit of electric current is named for him.
ampere

unit of electric current in the systeme international d’unites (si), used by both scientists and technologists. since 1948 the ampere has been defined as the constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length of negligible circular cross section and placed one metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 10-7 newton per metre of length. named for the 19th-century french physicist andre-marie ampere, it represents a flow of one coulomb of electricity per second. a flow of one ampere is produced in a resistance of one ohm by a potential difference of one volt. see electric current.
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