Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amp

2 senses of amp

Sense 1
ampere, amp, A -- (the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps")
       => current unit -- (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)

Sense 2
adenosine monophosphate, AMP, adenylic acid -- (a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP)
       => nucleotide, base -- (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))