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Definition: Ammeter |
AmmeterNoun1. A meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ammeter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Meteorology & Standards | An instrument intended to measure the value of a current. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An ammeter is a measuring instrument used to measure the flow of electric current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in amperes, hence the name.
The earliest design is the galvanometer. It uses magnetic deflection, where current passing through a coil causes the coil to move in a magnetic field. The voltage drop across the coil is kept to a minimum to minimize resistance in any circuit into which the meter is inserted.
A galvanometer can burn out if its tiny, delicate coil overheats. To measure larger currents, a resistor called a shunt is switched across the coil. With this solution, large currents can be measured with only a fraction of the current passing through the meter.
More modern designs use an analog to digital converter to measure the voltage across a resistor. The ADC is read by a microcomputer that performs the calculations to display the current through the resistor.
One problem with the use of an ammeter is the need for the meter to be inserted into the circuit and become part of it. In high voltage circuits an inductive coupling adapter converts the magnetic field around a conductor into a small current that can be easily read by a meter. See clamp meter.
See also: Clamp meter, Electronic test equipment, Electronics, List of electronics topics, Measuring instrument, Meter (electronics), Multimeter, Series and parallel circuits, Voltmeter
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ammeter."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ammeter | English | Amperemeter | Electrical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| "Ammeter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.42% of the time. "Ammeter" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.42% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 31.58% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ammeter": dead ammeter beat ♦ depth ammeter ♦ hot wire ammeter. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ammeter | 83 |
dc ammeter | 5 |
ammeter digital | 4 |
clamp on ammeter | 4 |
ammeter installation | 4 |
ammeter wiring | 3 |
ammeter use | 2 |
ac ammeter | 2 |
ammeter diagram wiring | 2 |
ammeter shunts | 2 |
ammeter connection | 2 |
ammeter automotive | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ammeter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ampèremeter, ammeter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ampermetër (amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأميتر لقيلس التيار الكهربائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | амперметър (amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 安倍计. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ampérmetr (amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amperemeter (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stroommeter (amperemeter, bucket-wheel current meter, current meter, current-meter, hydrometric paddle-wheel, load meter), ampèremeter (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | amperometro, ampermetro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | امپرسنج . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ampeerimittari (amperemeter, load meter), virtamittari (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ampèremètre (amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Strommesser (amperemeter, load meter), Amperemeter (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμπεριόμετρο (ampere hour meter, amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ" אמפר, מ" זרם. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ampermérő, árammérõ (amperemeter, galvanometer), árammérő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amperometro (amperemeter, amperometer, load meter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | towsheyder amp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | amperemeter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ammeteray amperimetro (amperemeter, load meter), amperímetro (amperemeter, load meter), amperômetro (amperemeter). (various references) ampermetru. (various references) амперметр (amperemeter, ampermeter). (various references) ampermetar. (various references) amperímetro (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) amperemeter (amperemeter, load meter). (various references) ampermetre, amperölçer. (various references) амперметр (amperemeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ammeter": ammeters. (additional references) | |
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"Ammeter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amater, amete, Ametra, ametuer, amimeche, amiter, ammuter, ampmeter, amueter, anometer, Armerer, armleder, lameter, Maceeter, Pammeter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ammeter" (pronounced a"mē'ter) |
| 4 | -m ē' t er | centimeter, gravimeter, millimeter. |
| 3 | -ē' t er | anteater, beefeater, deciliter, milliliter, seedeater. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: metamer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: remate, reteam. | |
-2 letters: ameer, arete, armet, eater, emmer, emmet, mater, meter, metre, ramee, ramet, remet, retem, tamer. | |
-3 letters: mare, mart, mate, meat, meet, meme, mere, meta, mete, rate, ream, rete, tame, tare, team, tear, teem, term, tram, tree. | |
-4 letters: are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, eme, era, ere, eta, mae, mar, mat, mem, met. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: ammeters, metamere, metamers. | |
+2 letters: atmometer, dermatome, dreamtime, hammertoe, manometer, metameres, metameric, stammered, stammerer, trammeled. | |
+3 letters: amercement, anemometer, anemometry, antemortem, atmometers, dermatomes, dreamtimes, embarkment, hammertoes, immoderate, manometers, maumetries, metamerism, rearmament, stammerers, trammelled. | |
+4 letters: amercements, anemometers, asymmetries, commemorate, commiserate, dynamometer, embarkments, embracement, enframement, impermanent, macrogamete, manometries, measurement, meprobamate, merchantmen, metamerisms, microgamete, rearmaments, telegrammed, temperament, untrammeled. | |
+5 letters: amperometric, anemometries, commemorated, commemorates, commensurate, commentaries, commiserated, commiserates, cytomembrane, dynamometers, embracements, enframements, hellgrammite, immoderately, katzenjammer, macrogametes, magnetometer, magnetometry, mainstreamed, maltreatment, masterminded, measurements, meprobamates, meristematic, metamorphose, microgametes, mistreatment, nonmetameric, semidiameter, telegramming, temperaments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6D 65 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- -- . - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m m e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35797971867184 |
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