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Term: Ampere

Description:

The Ampere is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined as the constant current that, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 meter apart in a vacuum, would produce a force between these conductors equal to 2 × 10^-7 newton per meter of length.

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Sense 1:

Noun (Electrical Engineering)

A unit of electric current, equal to a flow of one coulomb per second.

Example sentence: The circuit is designed to handle a maximum of 20 amperes of current.

Sense 2:

Noun (Physics)

The fundamental unit of electric current, representing the rate of flow of electric charge.

Example sentence: The amperes passing through the wire are crucial to determine the device's power consumption.

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