ampere
Syllables: am·pereUK/ˈæmˌpɛər//ˈæmˌpɪəɹ/
ampere noun: a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A.
Noun
ampere (plural amperes)
- A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
- Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10⁻¹⁹ when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of Δν_(Cs). (The International...
- If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461
Proper noun capitalized: Ampere
Ampere (plural Amperes)
- A surname from French
ampere meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ampere in Hindi
- unit of electrical current
- एम्पेयर empeyar
ampere in Tamil
- அம்பியர், ஆம்பியர், ஆம்பியா, ஆம்ப்பியர், மின்னோட்ட அலகு
ampere in Marathi
- unit of electrical current
- अँपियर aĕmpiyar
ampere in Bengali
- তড়িৎ প্রবাহের একক, কথ্যভাবে অ্যাম্প
More languagesFewer languages
- ampere in Telugu
- ఆంపియర్ āmpiyar
- ampere in Malayalam
- ആംപിയർ āṁpiyaṟ
- ampere in Tagalog
- amperyo
- ampere in Arabic
- أَمْبِير ʔambīr
- ampere in Malay
- ampere, ampiar
- ampere in Indonesian
- ampere
- ampere in Thai
- แอมแปร์
- ampere in Vietnamese
- ampe
- ampere in Myanmar
- အမ်ပီယာ ampiya
Forms of ampere
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | amperes |
| alternative form | ampère |
| alternative form | amp |
| alternative form | A |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Amperes |
Origin of ampere
Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
Borrowed from French Ampère
Words formed from ampere
- abampere
- ammeter
- ampacity
- amperage
- ampere balance
- ampere-foot
- ampere-hour
- ampere-turn
- amperometer
- attoampere
- centiampere
- decaampere
- deciampere
- exaampere
- femtoampere
- gigaampere
- hectoampere
- kiloampere
- megaampere
- megampere
- microamp
- microampere
- milliamp
- milliampere
- millimicroampere
- nano-amp
- nanoamp
- nanoampere
- picoamp
- picoampere
- teraampere
- voltampere
- volt-ampere
- yoctoampere
- zeptoampere
- zettaampere
- A
- amp
Phrases with ampere
Questions about ampere
- What does ampere mean?
- Ampere means a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A.
- What is ampere in Hindi?
- Ampere in Hindi is एम्पेयर (empeyar). See Ampere meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ampere?
- Ampere can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ampere?
- Ampere is pronounced /ˈæmˌpɪəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of ampere?
- The plural of ampere is amperes.
Words near ampere in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ampere (page history and authors); Ampere (page history and authors); ampere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ampere (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆంపియర్ (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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