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abampere

abampere

9.9
A unit of electric current equal to ten amperes used in an old measurement system
  • noun
  • /ˌeɪbæmˈpɪr/
  • Archaic
: abampere
  • One abampere represents a current of ten amperes in the CGS system.

Examples

  • One abampere is equivalent to ten amperes.

  • The abampere is now rarely used, having been largely replaced by the ampere.

  • A current of two abamperes is equivalent to twenty amperes in the SI system.

  • In the CGS system, an abampere is used to measure larger currents than an ampere.

  • The circuit requires a current of two abamperes.

  • A current of two abamperes is equivalent to twenty amperes in the SI system.

  • The abampere is often used in scientific calculations involving electric currents.

Synonyms

abamp
vsabampere
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the same unit equal to ten amperes used in the CGS system

Surface Forms

abampere singular
abamperes plural

Morphology

abampere = ampere (opaque) = ab + ampere

The prefix 'ab' is a specialized CGS/technical combining form (meaning 'absolute' in unit names) that is not semantically obvious to general learners, so the relation to 'ampere' does not make the overall meaning clear.

Etymology

Abampere comes from the prefix ab- meaning 'absolute' and the familiar unit ampere. So an abampere was the 'absolute' ampere used in the old CGS system and equals ten amperes, which is why it measures larger currents than a regular ampere and is now rarely used.