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

2 senses of ampere

Sense 1
ampere, international ampere -- (a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere))
       => current unit -- (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)

Sense 2
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)