Ampere
Pronunciation : Am`p?re"
Part of Speech : Am*pere"
Etymology : [From the name of a French electrician.] (Elec.)
Definition : Defn: The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international amp?re.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913