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Ampere
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English
ampere or (old-fashioned) ampère
Etymology
- Named after the French phyicist André-Marie Ampère.
Noun
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of electrical current; the current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section , and placed 1 metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10-7 newtons per metre of length. Symbol: A
Short form
amp
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Wikipedia article ampere
Italian
ampere (pl ampere)
Noun
- (m) ampere
- (pl) plural of ampere
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