Ampere

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The ampere, in practice often shortened to amp, (symbol: A) is a unit of electric current, or amount of electric charge per second (Coulombs per second). The ampere is an SI base unit, and is named after André-Marie Ampère, one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.

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