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the basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)

a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)

the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

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.

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.

Unit of strength of an electrical current, representing a current having a force of one volt and passing through a conductor with a resistance of one ohm.

Elec. The practical unit of electric-current strength, such as would be given with an electromotive force of one volt through a wire having a resistance of one ohm (see OHM; VOLT).

Unit of electric current strength; current yielded by one volt of electromotive force against one ohm of resistance.

In electricity a unit of electrical current, representing the current furnished by a potential of 1 volt (the unit of electromotive force) through 1 ohm (the unit of resistance).