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ampere /am·pere/ (A) (am´per) 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 (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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