Ampelopsis sis (ampelopsis)

[NL., digitate leaves, climbs by clinging tendrils, and is frequently cultivated for covering walls and arbors. The Japanese A. tricuspid at a, with simple leaves, is used for the same purpose. IMG:content-0650.png:[blocks in formation] ampere père, 182 an electric current in am peres. Several forms have been devised, some of which are e entially galvanometers specially constructed for this purpose. Another form (see the cut) consists of a hollow coil of wire traversed by the current to be measured, which according to its strength draws within itself a core supported by a spring and having an index attached to it; the scale is so graduated that the strength of the current is given directly in amperes. Also called ammeter, amperometer. Ampère's theory. theory. See a. Amperian (am-pē'ri-an), Relating to André Marie Ampère, or to his theories. -Amperian currents, in elect., the hypothetical electrical currents by which Ampère explained the properties of a magnet. See Ampère's theory, under theory. amperometer(am-pe-rom'e-tér), n. [ ampersand (am'per-sand), n. [Also amperzand, am pus - and, amperse - and, am pa yand, am pu y - and, ap persi -and, amperzed, etc., Ampere-meter. also simply ampa y, etc., various corruptions of and per se - and (that is, '& by itself and').] A name formerly in use for the character & or & (also called short and ), which is formed by comb combining the letters of the Latin et, and, and which is commonly placed at the end of the alphabet in primers.