microampere

[ mahy-kroh-am-peer, -am-peer ]

noun

, Electricity.

1. a unit of electric current, equal to one millionth of an ampere. : μA

Word History and Origins

Origin of microampere¹

First recorded in 1900–05; micro- + ampere

Example Sentences

It sips 35 microamperes per MHz in low-power active mode and a single microampere in sleep. 

From Forbes