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  • noun metrology Symbol for the picoampere, an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10−12 amperes.

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  • Vlmt power is required to wing the rapid light from its tmlain, the sun, to us in seven or eight minutes, with ich swiftness, that in the instant of pronouncing the word pA/, sixty thousand miles are passed through!

    The Dignity of Human Nature, Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1812

  • So, except in these special cases, pA (~B) is greater than

    Conditionals Edgington, Dorothy 2006

  • This BBB-rated issue trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ETR.pA."

    Energy Play With A Cash Kicker Richard Lehmann 2006

  • For instance, if p (A) = 90% and pA (B) = 90% the lowest possible value for p (B) is 81%.

    Conditionals Edgington, Dorothy 2006

  • That is, he sought truth conditions for a proposition AB (his notation) such that p (AB) must equal pA (B):

    Conditionals Edgington, Dorothy 2006

  • It follows that Supp's way of assessing conditionals is incompatible with the claim that conditionals have truth conditions of any kind. pA (B) does not measure the probability of the truth of any proposition.

    Conditionals Edgington, Dorothy 2006

  • In the recording of Fig. 9A-B, the spontaneous action potentials of a GHRH neuron were collected under control conditions in the current-clamp mode (0 pA).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guillaume Osterstock et al. 2010

  • -- FET inputs deliver 40 percent lower input bias current (2 pA) than competitive devices, making the OPA1641, OPA1642 and OPA1644 better alternatives for applications requiring high source impedance.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • SICs with an amplitude greater than 20 pA and a rise time slower than 10 ms are classified as SICs, as described previously.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010

  • In the recording of Fig. 9A-B, the spontaneous action potentials of a GHRH neuron were collected under control conditions in the current-clamp mode (0 pA).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guillaume Osterstock et al. 2010

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