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Definition of: ampere
(am′pir, am·pir′) noun Electr.
The practical unit of electric-current strength; such a current as would be given with an electromotive force of one volt through a wire having a resistance of one ohm.
—international ampere The current which on passing through a silver-nitrate solution will deposit silver at the rate of 0.001118 gram a second. [after A. M. Ampère]
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