Found 3 items, similar to ampere.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ampere amper
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ampere ampere n 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ampere Ampere \Am`p[`e]re"\ ([aum]N`p[^a]r"), Ampere \Am*pere"\ ([a^]m*p[=a]r"), n. [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. [1913 Webster] Ampere \Am`p[`e]re"\ ([aum]N`p[^a]r"), Ampere \Am*pere"\ ([a^]m*p[=a]r"), n. [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. [1913 Webster]