noun
- a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere
Usage: technical; electrical
Examples
- The LED requires only 20 milliamperes to operate.
- The circuit breaker trips at 15 milliamperes.
- Most smartphone chargers output around 2000 milliamperes.
- The sensor draws less than 5 milliamperes of current.
- Battery capacity is often measured in milliampere-hours.
- The multimeter displayed 250 milliamperes on the screen.