Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The electric charge transferred past a specified circuit point by a current of one ampere in one hour.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In electricity, a unit of quantity, the electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour. It is equal to 3,600 coulombs.
Wiktionary
- n. physics 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
Etymologies
- established 1880-85, from ampere + hour. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A frequently used sub-unit is the ampere-hour (A. h).”
“A larger unit of the quantity of electricity is the ampere-hour (a. h).”
“This charging rate, for 8 hours should be, as we have seen, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery.”
“It should register in amperes, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery, as already explained.”
“Depth of discharge (DOD) is normally stated as a percentage of the nominal ampere-hour capacity; 0% DOD means no discharge.”
“Individual batteries are usually arranged into large battery packs of various voltage and ampere-hour capacity products to give the required energy capacities.”
“- instrumentation for measuring instantaneous values of system voltage and array, mill and pump currents, ampere-hour meters and run-time-meters;”
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hernesheir A unit of measurement, for the Wordie/Wordnik listers of such. Mar 10, 2011