ampere

IPA: ˈæmpɝ

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

Examples of "ampere" in Sentences

The ampere is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI).
On our way back to the pension we stumbled upon a music festival in an ampere theater.
Electric eels are capable of producing a shockof up to 500 volts and 1 ampere of current (500 watts).
The unit of current intensity is called ampere = A in honour of the French physicist Marie Andr Ampre (1775 - 1836).
I guess Hohm sounds better than Holt (home and volt), Hampere (home and ampere), Hurrent (home and current), or Hatt (home and watt).
Suitable for home, office, or high school, the Cage aux Folles will increase the productivity of your abilityless employees or students faster than you can say ampere.
Althouse and pals use "Henry" to mean a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second.
This redefinition would bring the kilogram into line with the six other base units that make up the International System of Units SI – the metre, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole and the candela.
Dr. Phillips and other mandarins of metrology were gathered at Britain's Royal Society to debate an urgent question in the science of measurement — how to re-define the basic unit of mass, as well as other measurements such as the second, ampere, kelvin and mole.