noun
amp
AMP/æmp/
A unit of electric current equal to one ampere.
The meter shows one amp in the circuit.
Etymology
Amp is a shortened form of ampere, the current unit named for physicist André-Marie Ampère. The name commemorates a person rather than describing an electrical property.
In context
well it's charging so right now we have one amp of current going through here
More examples
- Several amps flowed through the wire.
- She measured the current in amps.
- The reading dropped below an amp.
Forms
amp · amps
Similar words
- ampere
- The full unit name.
- volt
- Measures electric potential rather than current.