ampere, amp, A

the basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

• current unit — a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time

• milliampere, mA — one thousandth of an ampere

• abampere, abamp — a unit of current equal to 10 amperes