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This is a list of scientific units named after people.For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.By convention, the name of the unit is properly written starting with a lowercase letter (except where any word would be capitalized), but the first letter of its symbol is a capital letter if it is derived from a proper name.
André-Marie Ampère, French scientist – ampere – unit of electric current, Ampère's law, amp; Amun, Egyptian god – ammonia [6] Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer – Amundsen Sea; Amundsen crater, a crater on the Moon; Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station; Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya – inventor of nachos [7]
Lists of places by eponym; Lists of things named after places; List of plant genera named for people (A–C) List of plant genera named for people (D–J) List of plant genera named for people (K–P) List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z) List of awards named after people
Unit name Symbol Base units E energy: joule: J = C⋅V = W⋅s kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −2: Q electric charge: coulomb: C A⋅s I electric current: ampere: A = C/s = W/V A J electric current density: ampere per square metre A/m 2: A⋅m −2: U, ΔV; Δϕ; E, ξ potential difference; voltage; electromotive force: volt: V = J/C kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −3 ⋅A ...
The SI unit of electrical current. Ampère's circuital law The mathematical relation between the integral of the magnetic field over some closed curve to the current passing through the region bound by the curve. Ampère's force law The mathematical relation between the force between two current carrying conductors and the current flowing in them.
Brunner Island Steam Electric Station is a coal-fired, alternatively natural gas-powered electrical generation facility in York County, Pennsylvania. It occupies most of the area of the eponymous island on Susquehanna River. The power plant has three major units, which came online in 1961, 1965, and 1969, with respective generating capacities ...
Army corps – REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (British army)) or RE (Royal Engineers) Arsenic – AS (chemical symbol) Article - A, AN, THE; Artificial intelligence – AI; Artillery – RA (Royal Artillery) Artist – RA (Royal Academy) At home – IN; Atmosphere – AT; Attorney – DA (District Attorney) or PA (Practicing ...
John Napier, Scottish mathematician – neper, unit of relative power level, Napier's bones, method for performing multiplication. Napoleon I, Corsican-French general and emperor – Napoleonic code, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon complex, Napoleon Opening, Napoleon cake. Narcissus, Greek mythological character – narcissism.