ampere (A)

  

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Metric (SI) unit of electric current. One ampere is the amount of current flowing with an electromotive force of one Volt in a circuit having a resistance of one Ohm. Named after the French mathematician and physicist Andre Marie Ampère (1775-1836) who discovered the basic laws of electromagnetism.

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