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(electricity) abampere
(optics) A unit of rotational strength in substances exhibiting circular dichroism, equal to 10-40 times the corresponding centimeter-gram-second unit.
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[Etymology: J. B. Biot; France 1774-1862] electromagnetics. Symbol Bi. See abampere.
rheology For biot number see Nusselt number Nu for heat transport.
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