ampere noun. ['ampɛ:] L19.
[from André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836), French physicist.]
A unit of electric current (now a base unit in the SI) equal to a flow of one coulomb per second. (Symbol A.)

Comb.:
ampere-hour a quantity of electricity equivalent to a current of one ampere flowing for one hour; ampere-turn a unit of magnetomotive force when expressed as the product of the number of turns in a coil and the current in amperes flowing through it.

■ amperage ['amp(ǝ)rɪdʒ] noun the strength of an electric current measured in amperes; the rated current of a fuse or other electrical component: L19.

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