Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a unit of charge equal to that acquired by the accumulation of one ampere for one second.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
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Examples
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From the definition equation of the current intensity, the basic unit for the quantity of electricity is derived; it is the ampere-second (A. s) = coulomb (C).
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That's three-millionths of a millionth of a ampere-second at one volt.
The Machine That Saved The World Murray Leinster 1935
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