SI unit of electric current.
A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)
1 MILLI-AMMETER.-Anammeter that measures a current by the one-thousandthof an ampere .
2 At best, therefore, it is only capable of producing about 1 ampere .
3 The ampere is the unit chosen to designate the strength of the electric current.
4 The ampere is a measure of current, and the ampere - hour a measure of charge.
5 QUANTITY-Q.-TheCoulomb is the quantity of electricity conveyed by an ampere in a second.
6 He soon replaced that with a complicated chemical ampere - hour meter.
7 The milliampere is one thousandth of an ampere .
8 A Joule = Volt x ampere x second.
9 A 5 - ampere fuse wire is about strong enough.
10 At once the hand fell to zero, indicating that there was not an ampere of current left.
11 You can't be too careful when you're dealing with electricity of high voltage, and great ampere strength.
12 The standard current unit is the ampere (amp), which is equal to 1 coulomb per second.
13 In employing the silver voltameter to measure currents of about 1 ampere , the following arrangements should be adopted.
14 Table I. shows roughly the weight of given types of cells for a given output in ampere hours.
15 Not only could he use it, he did... and built an alternating-current ampere - hour meter in just three weeks.
16 We had an index like a steam-gauge, called an ampere -meter , to indicate the amount of current going out.
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