different between ampere vs ampacity

English

Alternative forms

• ampère, amp, A

Etymology

Named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm?p??r/, /?æm?p??r/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æm?p??r/
• Hyphenation: am?pere

Noun

ampere (plural amperes)

1. A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A

   Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10^?19 when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of ??_Cs. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m?pe.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am?pe.?e/

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

ampere

1. (anatomy) knee

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Galician

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere

   Synonym: amperio

Italian

Noun

ampere m (invariable)

1. ampere

Related terms

Anagrams

• permea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

Noun

ampere m (definite singular amperen, indefinite plural ampere, definite plural amperane)

1. ampere

References

• “ampere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ampère

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am?pe?e/, [ãm?pe.?e]

Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)

1. Alternative form of amperio

Further reading

• “ampere” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am?pæ?r/
• Rhymes: -æ?r

Noun

ampere c

1. ampere

Declension

Related terms

References

• ampere in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

Blend of ampere +? capacity

Noun

ampacity (countable and uncountable, plural ampacities)

1. The root mean square of the electrical current which a device (usually a wire) can carry within a specific environment (including temperature rating, power loss, heat dissipation, etc.) It is measured in amperes, (amps) and is most often used to rate electrical wires and cables.

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