(n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found, that a stunning voltage lower than 250 V under practise conditions is not acceptable from the animal point of view, because 1.2 ampere were not reached within 1 second.
(2) Currents of several amperes, at radio frequencies, can easily and efficiently be obtained.
(3) The current relationship is I = 1.87 W(0.88) where I is the peak current in amperes and W is the body weight in kilograms.
(4) When grown to confluence on 8.0-microns pore size polycarbonate filters, LLC-PK1 cells formed tight junctions between adjacent cells which offered an electrical resistance to a nondestructive 20-mu ampere alternating current passed across the cell layer.
(5) Alternating current, 350 micro-amperes, 50 KHz constant, was applied to the outer electrode, and impedance changes were detected via the inner electrode.
(6) There are a range of reasons why Sky would be looking at such a big structural change to its pay-TV service,” said Richard Broughton, a director at Ampere Analysis.
(7) It was found that currents less than 500 micro-amperes caused interference with heart rhythm, and in some of the dogs ventricular fibrillation developed.
(8) After the application of 1-ampere currents at 60 Hz, animals were monitored from 1 to 4 days.
(9) The TE stimulus is a 10 mu-ampere, 10 Hz, pulsed current transmitted via electrodes in the pinnae.
(10) This should be in terms of sensitivity to a current dipole measured in ampere-meters (Eq.
(11) The volt-ampere characteristics of the membrane (VAC) and the curves of stationary inactivation (CSI) shifted along the potentials axis.
(12) An amplifier with non-linear volt-ampere characteristics for recording low-amplitude nerve pulse activity is offered.
(13) The shape of the volt-ampere characteristics (VA) of ionic channels formed by gramicidin A did not depend on the antibiotic concentration in the membrane.
(14) A method of measurement of the non-linearity coefficient of volt-ampere characteristics of the type i(U) approximately = U(1 + beta U2) has been developed for ionic channels formed by gramicidin A, using the third harmonic of the membrane current.
(15) Solutions of glucoheptonate and sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) were subjected to electrolysis at various ampere-time products until a charge was found that consistently promoted tagging of greater than 90% efficiency.
(16) The ‘Netflix effect’ has impacted the whole TV industry, not just in terms of how broadcasters seek to reach their viewers, but also in terms of focus on original TV drama and the way content is packaged for consumption,” said Guy Bisson, research director at Ampere Analysis.
(17) Netflix does not disclose audience figures, but according to experts Ampere Analysis, about a third of the estimated 5.2 million Netflix UK subscribers are House of Cards fans.
(18) The dependence of Ca2+ flux release from the sarcolemmal vesicles on the membrane potential value (-60-+27 mV) is bell-shaped and qualitatively relative to the volt-amper characteristics of the steady state Ca2+ flux in single smooth muscle cells.
(19) Electrical stunning is acceptable from the animal point of view, if a minimal current of 1.2 ampere is reached, immediately after the beginning of the stunning operation.
(20) The chamber was designed to provide an ionization current of about 10(-8) ampere with a nominal 10 curie iridium-192 source.
Kilowatt
Definition:
(n.) One thousand watts.
Example Sentences:
(1) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Install 2 kilowatt solar PV panels 0.4 Buy a new A++ refrigerator if yours is more than 4 years old, and only use a small-screen TV 0.1 Use LED or fluorescent lights where you currently have halogen lights installed 0.1 Buy an automated system to turn off appliances when not in use; get a meter that shows actual energy use and use it to monitor your household 0.1 Only use your washing machine and dishwasher when full to capacity and at lowest temperature 0.1 Never use the tumble dryer 0.1 Get rid of the freezer if you can, and replace your small appliances with "eco" varieties 0.1 Car (1.5 tonnes of CO 2 ) There is one car for every two people in the UK, and each one travels an average of about 9,000 miles a year.
(2) In the international categories, a Nicaraguan company won the energy enterprise award for installing more than 400 kilowatt peak (kWp) of solar photovoltaic energy, often in rural areas without a national grid connection.
(3) The energy generated by a high power amplifier (7.5 kilowatts effective at 1 MHz) is delivered in the form of series of impulses lasting between 10 and 1,000 milliseconds.
(4) But the detailed documents showed that the proposed 5 pence per kilowatt hour for power exported to the grid had actually been cut to 3 pence.
(5) Fundamentally, we have to move toward metrics that measure the performance of food production and environmental systems in a holistic manner, using indicators such as nutrients per drop of water, hectare of land or kilowatt of energy.
(6) The state grid is legally obliged to pay 0.54 yuan per kilowatt hour (kWh) of wind energy, even though it could get the same amount of coal-fired power for 0.3 yuan.
(7) Goodall took the NEED figure for the average number of kilowatt hours of gas that the 21,000 households in the study saved through loft insulation – 400kWh – and multiplied it by the 3.874p per kWh, which is the cheapest tariff offered by any of the big six energy companies at the time, in mid-December.
(8) The US Nuclear Energy Institute suggested a penny a kilowatt hour .
(9) Those are the same people whose average income per capita hovers above $23,000 a year (the figure in Mississippi, the poorest of the 50 states, is just below $36,000), but who pay more than twice what the rest of the country pays for electricity: Americans pay 12 cents per kilowatt-hour on average, compared to 26 cents in Puerto Rico.
(10) We handed over our credit card details and three days later a £422 Hunter Hawk (4 kilowatt) model arrived on a pallet (since burned) plus the associated flue.
(11) If the wind suddenly drops or a nuclear power station fails the smart meter can temporarily ration a household to one or two kilowatts, enough for lights and the TV but not for the vacuum cleaner.
(12) Brain tumors were irradiated postoperatively by Hatanaka and co-workers in Japan using a 1 to 2 hour intraarterial infusion of 10B-enriched Na2B12H11SH (Na210B12H11SH) before exposure of the tumor-bearing area of the brain to slow neutrons from a 100 kilowatt nuclear reactor.
(13) It’s the fastest project in Africa.” Its first year produced an estimated 15 million kilowatt hours, sending power to a substation 9km away, which has prompted mixed views in local communities.
(14) Other aspects of the energy bill include an emissions performance standard that would prevent the construction of new coal plants emitting more than 450 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour; a capacity mechanism that is supposed to ensure security of electricity supply and prevent blackouts; and a new regulator for nuclear power, the Office for Nuclear Generation.
(15) But the industry is waiting for clarity about the levels the various tariffs will be set in terms of pence per kilowatt hour of energy produced.
(16) Its mission is to match our village's domestic electricity consumption kilowatt for kilowatt with community-owned, locally generated renewable energy – and to re-unite our community behind this ambitious goal.
(17) Five years ago, a lithium-ion battery would fetch over $1,000 per kilowatt-hour in wholesale price.
(18) According to Dr Matt Prescott, the founder of Ban the Bulb ( banthebulb.org ), which is campaigning for CFLs to be given tax breaks to further increase their use, about 4 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity is required to produce a CFL, compared with 1 kWh to make an incandescent bulb.
(19) Ministers have announced proposals to cut the amount paid for domestic solar arrays from 12.47p per kilowatt hour to 1.63p for new systems from January 2016 - a fall of 87%.
(20) Alexander says he wants to establish a target range of 50g–100g of CO2 per kilowatt hour for the decarbonisation of the power sector by 2030.