Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

femtoampere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fem-toam-pere
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A billionth of a millionth (10⁻¹⁵) of an ampere. Symbol: fA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-Germanic *fimftehun Old Norse fimmtánder. Danish femtender. English femto- English ampere English femtoampere From femto- + ampere.

Inflected Forms

femtoamperes (plural)

Questions

What does femtoampere mean?: A billionth of a millionth (10⁻¹⁵) of an ampere. Symbol: fA
Where does femtoampere come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-Germanic *fimftehun Old Norse fimmtánder. Danish femtender. English femto- English ampere English femtoampere From femto- + ampere.

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