milliampere

[ mil-ee-am-peer, -am-peer ]

noun

, Electricity.

1. a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. : mA

Word History and Origins

Origin of milliampere¹

From French, dating back to 1890–95; milli-, ampere

Example Sentences

They showed that their system could efficiently convert CO2: It generated current densities of more than 300 milliamperes per square centimeter.

From Science Daily

The low-impedance electrodes are six to 10 square millimeters in area and deliver up to 10 milliamperes of electric current between adjacent electrodes—enough to modulate the excitability of a million or more nerve cells.

From Scientific American

One is the battery, which has gotten a size bump to 4,000 milliampere hours — up from 3,300 mAh — which the company says should extend the battery life beyond a day of use.

From Washington Post

By implanting recording electrodes inside the cadavers’ brains and applying TES externally, the researchers found that they needed to zap the scalp with about 4 to 6 milliamperes of current—well above typical current levels.

From Scientific American

The Galaxy Note 7 featured one of the biggest battery capacities so far for smartphones at 3,500 mAh, or milliampere hour, which gave it the highest energy density of all Samsung’s devices.

From Seattle Times