ampere, amp
(noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites; “a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
AMP
(biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine monophosphate.
(internet) Initialism of Accelerated Mobile Pages.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps)
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampere.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier.
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amputee.
(colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin.
amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped)
(colloquial, usually, with up) To amplify.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To excite.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To intensify or increase.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
Source: Wiktionary
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
