Ampère

The ampere or amp (symbol A) is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units.

Ampere or Ampère may also refer to:

People

 * André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), physicist, mathematician and namesake of the ampere unit
 * Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800–1864), French philologist

Places

 * Ampére, a town in Paraná state, Brasil
 * Aïn Azel, a commune in Algeria, former name Ampère
 * Collège-lycée Ampère, a school in Lyon, France
 * Place Ampère, a square in Lyon, France
 * Ampère Seamount, a Seamount in the Atlantic Ocean 600km from Gibraltar

Transportation

 * Ampere (company), electric vehicle subsidiary of Renault
 * Ampère (car), a French automobile, built 1906–1909
 * Ampere station, a former rail station in East Orange, New Jersey, US
 * USS Ampere, a patrol craft of the US Navy
 * MV Ampere, the world's first battery electric ferry

Other uses

 * Ampere (microarchitecture), a microarchitecture used in Nvidia GPUs
 * Ampère Prize, a French scientific prize awarded annually in honor of André-Marie Ampère
 * Ampere (band), an American punk band known for short and extremely loud performances
 * Ampere Computing, an American semiconductor company
 * Ampere WS-1, a short-lived Japanese laptop based on the Motorola 68000