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abwatt

Phoneticsab·watt

Definition

n. a very small unit used to measure the strength of an electric current. It is part of an older system of units that is rarely used today.

n. a unit of electric current in the centimetre-gram-second system of units, equal to one hundredth of an ampere. It is now largely obsolete in modern scientific contexts.

Examples

“The current in the small circuit was measured in abwatts.”

“Historical physics textbooks often use the abwatt to describe the flow of electricity in older laboratory equipment.”

“While the ampere is the standard SI unit for current, the abwatt remains a point of reference for those studying the historical development of electromagnetic theory and its early measurement systems.”

Examples

simple

“The current in the small circuit was measured in abwatts.”

contextual

“Historical physics textbooks often use the abwatt to describe the flow of electricity in older laboratory equipment.”

complex

“While the ampere is the standard SI unit for current, the abwatt remains a point of reference for those studying the historical development of electromagnetic theory and its early measurement systems.”

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