Ampere vs Ammeter - What's the difference?
ampere | ammeter |
A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.
As nouns the difference between ampere and ammeter
is that ampere is a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A while ammeter is a device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.ampere
English
(wikipedia ampere)Alternative forms
* , amp, ANoun
(en noun)- 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
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