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Label: ampere

Definition:

"An electric current unit which is equal to the constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 m apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10^[-7] newton per meter of length." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]

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Definition:

"A unit which is one of a particular measure to which all measures of that type can be related." [NIST:NIST]