Definition
abamps
noun
- Plural of abamp; units of electric current in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) electromagnetic system, equal to 10 amperes.
Usage: technical; physics; largely historical; the ampere is the standard SI unit in modern use
Examples
- The old laboratory equipment was calibrated in abamps rather than modern amperes.
- One abamp equals ten amperes in the SI system.
- Physicists working with CGS units sometimes expressed current in abamps.
- The textbook from the 1950s referenced measurements in abamps.