ampere-second

1. 1.

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

   SynonymscoulombC

   Broadercharge unit

   Part ofabcoulombampere-minute

Questions about ampere-second

What does ampere-second mean?

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

How many syllables are in ampere-second?

ampere-second has 5 syllables: am-pe-re--se-cond. The stress falls on "re-".

What is another word for ampere-second?

Close synonyms include coulomb, C. 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 ampere-second a common word?

ampere-second is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.