ampere
E158700
The ampere is the SI base unit of electric current, defining the amount of electric charge passing a point in a circuit per unit time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ampere canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1380639 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ampere Context triple: [André-Marie Ampère, eponymOf, ampere]
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A.
farad
The farad is the SI unit of electrical capacitance, measuring a component's ability to store electric charge per unit voltage.
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Watt
Watt is an experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that follows the absurd, often comic journey of its title character through a bizarre and logically distorted world.
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C.
AMM
AMM is the commonly used abbreviation for the APEC Ministerial Meeting, the annual gathering of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign and trade ministers.
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D.
Fermi (unit)
The fermi is a unit of length equal to one femtometer (10⁻¹⁵ meter), commonly used in nuclear and particle physics to express sizes of atomic nuclei and subatomic particles.
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AC
AC is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Ascension Island, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ampere Target entity description: The ampere is the SI base unit of electric current, defining the amount of electric charge passing a point in a circuit per unit time.
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A.
farad
The farad is the SI unit of electrical capacitance, measuring a component's ability to store electric charge per unit voltage.
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B.
Watt
Watt is an experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that follows the absurd, often comic journey of its title character through a bizarre and logically distorted world.
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C.
AMM
AMM is the commonly used abbreviation for the APEC Ministerial Meeting, the annual gathering of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign and trade ministers.
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D.
Fermi (unit)
The fermi is a unit of length equal to one femtometer (10⁻¹⁵ meter), commonly used in nuclear and particle physics to express sizes of atomic nuclei and subatomic particles.
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E.
AC
AC is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Ascension Island, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SI base unit
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coherent SI unit ⓘ unit of electric current ⓘ |
| baseUnitOf | electric current ⓘ |
| baseUnitsExpression | s⁻¹·A·s ⓘ |
| countryOfNamesake | France ⓘ |
| definedAs | 1 coulomb per second ⓘ |
| dimensionSymbol | I ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | A ⓘ |
| hasNonSIUnitRelation | coulomb per second ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | amperes ⓘ |
| isBaseForDerivedUnit |
ampere hour
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ampere per candela ⓘ ampere per cubic metre ⓘ ampere per hertz ⓘ ampere per joule ⓘ ampere per kelvin ⓘ ampere per kilogram ⓘ ampere per metre ⓘ ampere per metre candela ⓘ ampere per metre kelvin ⓘ ampere per metre mole ⓘ ampere per metre squared ⓘ ampere per mole ⓘ ampere per radian ⓘ ampere per second ⓘ ampere per square metre ⓘ ampere per steradian ⓘ ampere per volt ⓘ ampere per watt ⓘ ampere turn ⓘ coulomb ⓘ coulomb per cubic metre ⓘ coulomb per square metre ⓘ farad ⓘ gray ⓘ henry ⓘ henry per metre ⓘ joule ⓘ joule per coulomb ⓘ katal ⓘ lumen ⓘ lux ⓘ newton ⓘ ohm ⓘ ohm metre ⓘ ohm metre per metre ⓘ ohm per square ⓘ pascal ⓘ siemens ⓘ siemens per metre ⓘ siemens per square ⓘ sievert ⓘ tesla ⓘ tesla metre per ampere ⓘ var ⓘ volt ⓘ volt ampere ⓘ volt per metre ⓘ watt ⓘ watt per ampere ⓘ weber ⓘ weber per ampere ⓘ |
| isBaseUnit | true ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
André-Marie Ampère
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French physicist André-Marie Ampère ⓘ
linked to:
André-Marie Ampère
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| partOfSystem |
International System of Units
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SI ⓘ |
| physicalDimension | I ⓘ |
| quantityMeasured | electric current ⓘ |
| SIBaseUnitNumber | 7 ⓘ |
| SIExpression | C·s⁻¹ ⓘ |
| symbol | A ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ampere Description of subject: The ampere is the SI base unit of electric current, defining the amount of electric charge passing a point in a circuit per unit time.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.