Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
abamp

abamp

9.9
A unit of electric current equal to ten amperes, used in an old physics system
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪbæmp/
  • Archaic
: abampo
  • One abamp equals ten amperes of current.

Examples

  • The circuit requires one abamp of current.

  • Although rarely used today, the term abamp appears in older physics texts.

  • The old standard measured current in abamp rather than amperes.

  • One abamp is equivalent to 10 amperes.

  • One abamp is defined as a unit of electric current equivalent to ten amperes.

  • The abamp was a common unit of electric current before the adoption of amperes.

  • In older electrical systems, measuring current in abamp was standard practice.

Synonyms

abampere
vsabamp
  • Archaic
9.9

A unit of electric current equal to ten amperes used in an old measurement system

is the older form of the same unit used earlier in that system

Surface Forms

abamp singular
abamps plural

Etymology

Abamp comes from the older name abampere, which is made of ab- meaning 'absolute' and amp from 'ampere' (the unit often called an 'amp'). In an old scientific system an abamp was a larger amp equal to ten regular 'amps', which is why the word means ten amperes.