ampere-hour

American  

[am-peer-ouuhr, -ou-er, am-peer-] / ˈæm pɪərˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər, æmˈpɪər- /

noun

Electricity.

1. a unit of electric charge noting the amount of electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour, equal to 3600 coulombs. Ah, a.h., amp-hr, amp. hr.

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ampere-hour British  

noun

1.  a.h..  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

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Etymology

Origin of ampere-hour

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

One ampere-hour is simply another way of saying 3,600 coulombs.

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Therefore, by increasing the number of plates and the areas of their surfaces, the ampere-hour capacity of the cell is correspondingly increased.

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If a battery gives its rated ampere-hour capacity on discharge, we do not care particularly how the voltages of the individual positive and negative groups change.

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It should register in amperes, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery, as already explained.

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The ampere-hour is the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 hour and is, therefore, equal to 3600 coulombs.

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