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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ampere /ˈampɛː/ (abbrev.: A)

▶noun the SI base unit of electric current, equal to a flow of one coulomb per second.

– origin C19: named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

'ampere' also found in these Oxford entries:

A - amp - coulomb - henry - milliampere - ohm - SI - volt - watt

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