amp

1. 1.

   the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

   “a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps”

   SynonymsampereA

   Broadercurrent unit

   Part ofabampere

   Partsmilliampere
2. 2.

   a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP

   Synonymsadenosine monophosphateadenylic acid

   Broadernucleotide

Other forms of amp

plural

amps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amp

What does amp mean?

amp means "the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amp?

amp has 1 syllable: amp. In IPA it is /ˈæmp/.

What is another word for amp?

Close synonyms include ampere, A, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amp a common word?

amp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.