Ampere

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Eytmology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Short form 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 2 Italian 2.3 Noun

English

Eytmology

Named after the French phyicist André-Marie Ampère.

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of electrical current; the current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10^-7 newtons per metre of length. Symbol: A

Translations

• French: ampère m
• Italian: ampere m (pl: ampere)

Italian

Noun