centiampere

See also: centiampère and centi-ampere

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Latin centi-bor.

French centi-bor.

English centi-

English ampere

English centiampere

From centi- + ampere.

Noun

centiampere (plural centiamperes)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻² amperes. Symbol: cA

Usage notes

Multiples of 1000 are preferred in SI units, so the centiampere is not commonly used.

Synonyms

• centiamp
• cA

Translations

10^-2 amperes

• French: centiampère (fr) m
• Malay: sentiampere
• Swedish: centiampere (sv) c