different between ampere vs voltage

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

volt +? -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vo?lt?d?/
• Hyphenation: volt?age

Noun

voltage (countable and uncountable, plural voltages)

1. (physics) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

   The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.

   Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.

Translations

Derived terms

• dual-voltage
• voltage divider
• voltagelike

French

Pronunciation

Noun

voltage m (plural voltages)

1. voltage

Synonyms

• tension