Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The electric charge transferred past a specified circuit point by a current of one ampere in one hour.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, a unit of quantity, the electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour. It is equal to 3,600 coulombs.
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- noun physics a
unit ofelectric charge , equal to the chargetransferred by acurrent of oneampere in onehour through a specified point in acircuit , equal to 3600coulombs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
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Examples
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A frequently used sub-unit is the ampere-hour (A. h).
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A larger unit of the quantity of electricity is the ampere-hour (a. h).
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This charging rate, for 8 hours should be, as we have seen, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery.
Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Frederick Irving Anderson 1912
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It should register in amperes, one-eighth of the ampere-hour capacity of the battery, as already explained.
Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Frederick Irving Anderson 1912
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Depth of discharge (DOD) is normally stated as a percentage of the nominal ampere-hour capacity; 0% DOD means no discharge.
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Individual batteries are usually arranged into large battery packs of various voltage and ampere-hour capacity products to give the required energy capacities.
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Individual batteries are usually arranged into large battery packs of various voltage and ampere-hour capacity products to give the required energy capacities.
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Individual batteries are usually arranged into large battery packs of various voltage and ampere-hour capacity products to give the required energy capacities.
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- instrumentation for measuring instantaneous values of system voltage and array, mill and pump currents, ampere-hour meters and run-time-meters;
Chapter 6 1984
hernesheir commented on the word ampere-hour
A unit of measurement, for the Wordie/Wordnik listers of such.
March 10, 2011