Amperage
Am‐per″age (?), n.(Elec.) The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Ampère
{ ‖Am′père″ (äN′pâr″), Am‐pere″ (ăm‐pār″), } n.(Elec.) The unit of electric current; — defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tent...
Ampère foot
Am′père″ foot. (Elec.) A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor.
Ampère hour
Ampère hour. (Elec.) The quantity of electricity delivered in one hour by a current whose average strength is one ampère. It is used as a unit of quantity, and is equal to 3600 ...
Ampère turn
Ampère turn. (Elec.) A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one ampère of current; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and c...
Ampèremeter
{ ‖Am′père″me′ter (�), Am′pe‐rom″e‐ter (�), } n. [Ampère + meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in ampères.
Ampersand
Am″per‐sand (�), n. [A corruption of and, per se and, i.e., & by itself makes and.] A word used to describe the character �, �, or &. Halliwell.
Amphi-
Am‐phi–. [Gr. αμφἴ.] A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Amphiarthrodial
Am′phi‐ar‐thro″di‐al (�), a. [Pref. amphi- + arthrodial.] Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
Amphiarthrosis
Am′phi‐ar‐thro″sis (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αμφἴ + � a joining, � a joint.] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting sligh...
Amphiaster
Am″phi‐as′ter (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αμφἴ + αστἤρ a star.] (Biol.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped ...
Amphibia
‖Am‐phib″i‐a (�), n. pl. [See Amphibium.] (Zoöl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.☞ The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no scales, by having eggs and embryos simi...
Amphibial
Am‐phib″i‐al (–al), a. & n. Amphibian.
Amphibian
Am‐phib″i‐an (–an), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
Amphibian (2)
Am‐phib″i‐an, n.(Zoöl.) One of the Amphibia.
Amphibiological
Am‐phib′i‐o‐log″ic‐al (�), a. Pertaining to amphibiology.
Amphibiology
Am‐phib′i‐ol″o‐gy (�), n. [Gr. � amphibious + -logy: cf. F. amphibiologie.] A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Amphibiotica
‖Am‐phib′i‐ot″i‐ca (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. αμφἴ + βιωτικόσ pertaining to life.] (Zoöl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvæ.
Amphibious
Am‐phib″i‐ous (�), a. [Gr. αμφἴβιοσ living a double life, i.e., both on land in water; αμφἴ + βίοσ life.] 1. Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, croc...
Amphibiously
Am‐phib″i‐ous‐ly, adv. Like an amphibious being.
Amphibium
‖Am‐phib″i‐um (�), n.; pl. L. Amphibia (�); E. Amphibiums (�). [NL., fr. Gr. � (sc. � an animal). See Amphibious.] An amphibian.
Amphiblastic
Am′phi‐blas″tic (ăm′fĭ‐blăs″tĭk), a. [Gr. αμφἴ + βλαστικόσ tending to sprout.] (Biol.) Segmenting unequally; — said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Amphibole
Am″phi‐bole (ăm″fĭ‐bōl), n. [Gr. αμφἴβολοσ doubtful, equivocal, fr. αμφιβἄλλειν to throw round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Haüy so named the genus from the great variety of col...
Amphibolic
Am′phi‐bol″ic (ăm′fĭ‐bŏl″ĭc), a. 1. Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.2. Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Amphibological
Am‐phib′o‐log″ic‐al (ăm‐fĭb′ō̍‐lŏj″ĭ‐kal), a. Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. “Amphibological expressions.” Jer. Taylor.— Am‐phib′o‐log″ic‐al‐ly, adv.
Amphibology
Am′phi‐bol″o‐gy (ăm′fĭ‐bō̍l″ō̍‐jy̆), n.; pl.Amphibologies (–jĭz). [L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. αμφιβολἴα, with the ending -logia as if fr. Gr. αμφἴβολοσ ambiguous +...
Amphibolous
Am‐phib″o‐lous (�), a. [L. amphibolus, Gr. � thrown about, doubtful. See Amphibole.]1. Ambiguous; doubtful.Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel — both parties declaring t...