AMPERE-SECOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ampere-second mean? 

• AMPERE-SECOND (noun)
  The noun AMPERE-SECOND has 1 sense:

1. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

  Familiarity information: AMPERE-SECOND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPERE-SECOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

ampere-second; C; coulomb

Hypernyms ("ampere-second" is a kind of...):

charge unit; quantity unit (a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows))

Holonyms ("ampere-second" is a part of...):

abcoulomb (a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs)

ampere-minute (a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs)