Definition of ampere
- n. - Alt. of Ampere
- n. - 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 ampere.
- n. - Alt. of Ampere
- n. - 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 ampere.