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amp

1  [amp]
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–noun Electricity.
ampere.
Origin:
1885–90; by shortening
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2  [amp]
–noun Informal.
amplifier.
Origin:
1960–65; by shortening

amp

3  [amp]
–noun Slang.
1. amputation.
2. amputee.
Origin:
by shortening

AMP

 
Biochemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleotide, C10H12N5O3H2PO4, obtained by the partial hydrolysis of ATP or of ribonucleic acid, yielding on hydrolysis adenine, ribose, and orthophosphoric acid.
Also called adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid.

Origin:
1950–55; a(denosine) m(ono) p(hosphate)

amp.

 
Electricity.
1. amperage.
2. ampere; amperes.
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amp   (āmp)   
n.   Informal

  1. An ampere.

  2. An amplifier, especially one used to amplify music.

AMP   (ā'ěm-pē')   
n.  A mononucleotide, C10H14N5O7P, found in animal cells and reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP; adenosine monophosphate. Also called adenylic acid.

[a(denosine) m(ono)p(hosphate).]
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Cultural Dictionary

amp (ampere) [(am-peer)]

A unit of electric current. One ampere corresponds to a certain number of electrons passing a fixed point each second.

Note: A typical household's electrical supply includes a total of 120 to 200 amps; a typical house circuit carries 15 to 50 amps.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: AMP
Pronunciation: "A-"em-'pE
Function: noun
: a mononucleotide of adenineC10H12N5O3H2PO4 that was orig. isolated from mammalian muscle and is reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP in metabolic reactionscalled also adenosine monophosphate; —compare CYCLIC AMP

Main Entry: amp
Function: abbreviation
1 amperage
2 ampere
3 ampule
4 amputation
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Medical Dictionary

AMP (ā'em-pē')
n.
Adenosine monophosphate; a mononucleotide found in animal cells and reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP. Also called adenine nucleotide, adenylic acid.

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Computing Dictionary

AMP
1. Algebraic Manipulation Package.
2. Active Measurement Project.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
amp

  1. ampere

  2. amplifier

AMP

  1. adenosine monophosphate

  2. Association for Molecular Pathology

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amp

unit of electric current in the Systeme International d'Unites (SI), used by both scientists and technologists. Since 1948 the ampere has been defined as the constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length of negligible circular cross section and placed one metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 10-7 newton per metre of length. Named for the 19th-century French physicist Andre-Marie Ampere, it represents a flow of one coulomb of electricity per second. A flow of one ampere is produced in a resistance of one ohm by a potential difference of one volt. See electric current.

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