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ampere /am·pere/ (A) (am´pēr) the base SI unit of electric current strength, defined in terms of the force of attraction between two parallel conductors carrying current.
am·pere (mpîr)
n. Abbr. A
1. 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.
2. A unit in the International System specified as one International coulomb per second and equal to 0.999835 ampere.

ampere (A)
[am′pēr]
Etymology: André-Marie Ampère, French physicist, 1775-1836
a unit of measurement of the amount of electric current. An ampere, according to the meter-kilogram-second (MKS) system, is the amount of current passed through a resistance of 1 ohm by an electric potential of 1 volt; in the International System (SI) of Units, an ampere is a unit of electric current that carries a charge of 1 coulomb through a conductor in 1 second. The standard international ampere is the amount of current that deposits 0.001118 g of silver per second when passed, according to certain specifications, through a silver nitrate solution. See also ohm, volt, watt.

ampere (A) [am´pēr]
the base SI unit of electric current strength, defined in terms of the force of attraction between two parallel conductors carrying current.

ampere (am´pir),
n (Amp), a unit of measurement of the quantity of electric current, equal to a flow of 1 coulomb per second or 6.25 time 1018 electrons per second. The current produced by 1 volt acting through a resistance of 1 ohm.

ampere
a unit of electric current strength, the current yielded by one volt of electromotive force against one ohm of resistance.


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This demand comes as the 10 amperes plan, which was created by the Electricity Ministry, failed after costing the state huge amounts without any results; in fact, it increased people's sufferance in this hot summer, as the 10 amperes are not enough, unstable, and go off for long hours, and the ministry itself admitted that this plan failed," Thamir was quoted in a release issued by the UIC, and received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
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