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Ammeter Pronunciation
Ammeter is pronounced A-mee-ter, IPA /ˈæˌmitɝ/.
A-mee-ter
US /ˈæˌmitɝ/ · UK /ˈæmiːtə/
Syllables: A · mee · ter (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: An instrument that measures electric current in amperes.
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Ammeter in a Sentence
- The ammeter on the dashboard showed a steady draw.
- Clip the ammeter in series with the load, never across it.
- An old ammeter sat on the bench beside the soldering iron.
Common Mispronunciations of Ammeter
Not A-muh-ter
The second beat holds a long ee, because the word is ampere plus meter and the meter half keeps its vowel. A reduced uh there produces amateur instead.
Not am-MEE-ter
Weight sits at the front, on A, and the double m is a single sound rather than a held one. Doubling it in speech is a habit from Italian and Finnish.
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