ampere

1. n. Alt. of Ampere Source: opted

2. n. 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 ampere. Source: opted

3. n. a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) Source: wordnet

4. n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites Source: wordnet

5. 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 ampère. 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 ampère. Source: webster

6. n:100 n. a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites Source: ecdict

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