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ampere-hour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
am-pere-hour
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour through a specified point in a circuit, equal to 3600 coulombs.

Etymology

established 1880-85, from ampere + hour.

Inflected Forms

ampere-hours (plural)

Derived Forms

Ah

Phrases

amp-hr amp. hr.

Questions

What does ampere-hour mean?
a unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour through a specified point in a circuit, equal to 3600 coulombs.
Where does ampere-hour come from?
established 1880-85, from ampere + hour.

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