ampere-hour
a unit of electric charge noting the amount of electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour, equal to 3600 coulombs. Abbreviations: Ah, a.h., amp-hr, amp. hr.
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The storage battery used should be of the four-volt forty-ampere hour variety.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis YatesIt should register in amperes, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery, as already explained.
Electricity for the farm | Frederick Irving AndersonOne ampere-hour is simply another way of saying 3,600 coulombs.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One | Nehemiah Hawkins
British Dictionary definitions for ampere-hour
a practical unit of quantity of electricity; the quantity that flows in one hour through a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere. 1 ampere-hour is equivalent to 3600 coulombs: Abbreviation: a.h.
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