Ampere

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]