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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmicroampère
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mikroãpɛʁ
"Le dispositif fonctionne à un courant de 50 microampères."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of electric current equal to one millionth of an ampere.
"The device operates at a current of 50 microamperes." - 2
Used in various scientific and engineering contexts to measure small currents.
"In sensitive electronic circuits, currents can be measured in microamperes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'microampere' is derived from the prefix 'micro-', meaning one millionth, and 'ampere', named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère, who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism in the early 19th century. The term has evolved to represent a unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Microampere" is said worldwide
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microampère
Transliteration: mikroãpɛʁ
"Le dispositif fonctionne à un courant de 50 microampères."
Mikroampere
Transliteration: mikroˈampeːʁə
"Das Gerät arbeitet mit einem Strom von 50 Mikroampere."
microampere
Transliteration: mikroamˈpere
"Il dispositivo funziona a una corrente di 50 microampere."
microamperio
Transliteration: mikroamˈpeɾio
"El dispositivo opera a una corriente de 50 microamperios."
microampere
Transliteration: mikroɐ̃ˈpeɾi
"O dispositivo funciona com uma corrente de 50 microamperes."
सूक्ष्म एम्पीयर
Transliteration: sookshm empeer
"उपकरण 50 सूक्ष्म एम्पीयर की धारा पर काम करता है।"
微安培
Transliteration: wēi ānpéi
"该设备在50微安培的电流下工作。"
마이크로암페어
Transliteration: maikeuroampeo
"장치는 50 마이크로암페어의 전류로 작동합니다."
マイクロアンペア
Transliteration: maikuroanpea
"装置は50マイクロアンペアの電流で動作します。"
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