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What is the difference between amp and ampere?

amp | ampere |

Ampere is a alternative form of amp.



As nouns the difference between amp and ampere

is that amp is ampere, the unit of electrical current while ampere is a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A.

As a verb amp

is to amplify.

As an initialism AMP

is adenosine monophosphate.

amp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) ampere, the unit of electrical current.
  • (colloquial) amplifier.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To amplify.
    • He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

    Anagrams

    * * * *

    References

    ampere

    English

    (wikipedia ampere)

    Alternative forms

    * , amp, A

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
    • Definition: The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10–7 newton per metre of length. ( The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)

    Derived terms

    * * * milliamp * microamp * nanoamp * picoamp