milliampn.
/ˈmɪlɪˌamp/, U.S. /ˈmɪliˌæmp/ colloquial.
= milliampere n.
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1923 Radio Times 28 Sept. 19/2 Another [voice], ‘Five milli amps. No! Sorry! I thought you were Cardiff.’
1927 Sunday Express 17 Apr. 8/3 (advt.) Every milliamp of electricity is made by the dynamo.
1957 P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. ii. 12 In the sciences, the fact is strictly the instrument reading..and the report of twenty milliamps..is in a sense an interpretation.
1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects i. 46 Output regulation is typically on the order of .1 volts for loads from a few milliamps to 4 amps.
1995 Guardian 12 Jan. (OnLine section) 6/1 Using a current measured in milliamps, these electro-shock weapons interfere with nerve control of skeletal muscle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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