ampere-turn

[ am-peer-turn, am-peer- ]

/ ˈæm pɪərˌtɜrn, æmˈpɪər- /

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noun Electricity.

one complete convolution of a conducting coil, through which one ampere of current passes.

the magnetomotive force produced by one ampere passing through one complete turn or convolution of a coil. Abbreviation: At

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Origin of ampere-turn

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby ampere-turn

Ampelos, amperage, ampere, ampere-hour, Ampère's law, ampere-turn, amperometric, amperometric titration, ampersand, amphetamine, amphi-

How to use ampere-turn in a sentence

So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
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Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
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An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
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He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
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Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
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Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
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Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
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British Dictionary definitions for ampere-turn

ampere-turn

noun

a unit of magnetomotive force; the magnetomotive force produced by a current of 1 ampere passing through one complete turn of a coil. 1 ampere-turn is equivalent to 4π/10 or 1.257 gilbertsAbbreviation: At, A

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