milliamp

Examples

• All

• According to Lammers, accelerometers consume from one to four milliamps to make a measurement, and so use quite a bit of energy to determine if a vehicle is moving or not.

  Academic text (2005)

• A 4-20 milliamp signal, tied directly to the plant computer, is sent to a microprocessor in the valve, causing it to close or open slowly to regulate temperature.

  Academic text (2002)

• "Running at 30 milliamps more than half the design current, we're already getting beam lifetimes of 7 or 8 hours."

  Academic text (1994)

• The stimulator had a range of 0-400 volts with a constant current from 0 to 200 milliamps.

  Academic text (2000)

• Available with simultaneous transistor and 4- or 20-milliamp switching, LVC-100 series switches are field-selectable for normally open/normally closed operation.

  Academic text (1996)

• Fifty milliamps would be a safe upper limit for this device.

• My meter showed a drain of 200 milliamps when the system was off.

Synonyms

M

mA

vsmilliamp

• Specialized

6 3.3

A small unit that measures electric current equal to one thousandth of an amp

is the same unit but written as a word form not a symbol

M

milliampere

vsmilliamp

• Specialized

5.1

One thousandth of an ampere of electric current

is the shorter written form of that unit rather than the full word

How Strong

ampere

• Specialized

1 4.3

milliamp

• Specialized

2 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology