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Ampere vs Oersted - What's the difference?

ampere | oersted |

As nouns the difference between ampere and oersted

is that ampere is a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A while oersted is the CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.

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

    oersted

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4? (?79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.