ampere

Alternative forms

• ampère, amp, A

Etymology

Named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am‧pere

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Noun

ampere (plural amperes)

1. A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A

   Definition: The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10^–7 newton per metre of length. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere

Noun

ampere

1. (anatomy) knee

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere

Noun

ampere m (invariable)

1. ampere

Anagrams

• permea

Alternative forms

• ampère

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈpeɾe/, [ãmˈpeɾe]

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. Alternative form of amperio

Further reading

• “ampere” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æːr

Noun

ampere c

1. ampere

References

• ampere in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)