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am-meter

am-meter is the dated form of ammeter.

Meaning of ammeter

Noun

ammeter (plural ammeters)

  1. A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.
    • The engineman and fireman who would take the great train on the first two hundred mile lap into the south lolled in the spotless aluminium cabin, twelve feet above the track, watching the ammeter and the air-pressure dial, ready to go.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Silver Phantom”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 95

Forms of am-meter

pluralam-meters

Questions about am-meter

What is am-meter the dated form of?
Am-meter is the dated form of ammeter.

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