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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ampere \Am`p[`e]re"\ ([aum]N`p[^a]r"), Ampere \Am*pere"\ ([a^]m*p[=a]r"), n. [From the name of a French electrician.] (Elec.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second Called also the {international amp[`e]re}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ampere n 1: a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) [syn: {international ampere}] 2: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: {amp}, {A}]
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