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AMPERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Example:
a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("ampere" is a kind of...):
current unit (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)
Meronyms (parts of "ampere"):
mA; milliampere (one thousandth of an ampere)
Holonyms ("ampere" is a part of...):
abamp; abampere (a unit of current equal to 10 amperes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)
Synonyms:
ampere; international ampere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("ampere" is a kind of...):
current unit (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)
Context examples:
A unit of electrical, mechanical, and thermal energy (as well as work and quantity of heat) in the SI system, equal to the work done when the point of application of a force of one newton is displaced through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force or the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second.
(Joule, NCI Thesaurus)
The base units are a choice of seven well-defined units within the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI), which by convention are regarded as dimensionally independent and therefore defined in an absolute way without referring to any other units: the meter, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
(Base Unit of International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)
SI has a short list of base units defined in an absolute way without referring to any other units: the metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
(International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)
If it is the current which changes, then the induced field will generate a potential difference within the coil: if the inductance is one henry a current change of one ampere per second generates a potential difference of one volt.
(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)
