Definition of Microampere

1. Noun. One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as µA. ¹

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Definition of Microampere

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Microampere

1. One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere. (29 Oct 1998)

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Literary usage of Microampere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"microampere Sensitivity.—Quantitatively, the current sensitivity of a galvanometer is the deflection, as read from the scale, per unit current. ..."

2. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"microampere Sensitivity.—Quantitatively, the current sensitivity of a galvanometer is the deflection, as read from the scale, per unit current. ..."

3. Text-book on Wireless Telegraphy by Rupert Stanley (1919)
"It may be recalled that the magnetic effect of a current flowing in a number of turns of wire is proportional to the amperes X turns ; thus 0-2 microampere ..."

4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"If the maximum cyclic strength of the received current required to give readable dot-signals is changed from ± 3/4 microampere to #ay -j-1 microampere, ..."

5. Electric and Magnetic Measurements by Charles Marquis Smith (1917)
"(2) The microampere sensibility is the number of millimeters' deflection caused by a current of one microampere when the scale is at a distance of one meter ..."

6. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 (1905)
"Thus, in the preceding case, ± 1 microampere at B with +32.14 volts at the sending battery and negligible drop in the battery ( g =+32.14, fej = ± 16.07, ..."

7. EMF Electrical Year Book by Electrical Trade Publishing Company (1921)
"The volt constant is equal to the microampere constant divided by the resistance of the ... Numerically this is the same as the microampere constant. ..."

8. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"The numerical value of this megohm sensitivity also represents the microampere sensitivity if this is defined as the number of millimeters deflection caused ..."

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