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ampere-turn in American English
the basic unit of magnetomotive force in the SI system, equal to the force produced by a current of one ampere flowing around one turn of a wire coil (1.257 gilberts): symbol, NI
noun: one complete convolution of a conducting coil, through which one ampere of current passes

ampere-turn in British English
noun: a unit of magnetomotive force; the magnetomotive force produced by a current of 1 ampere passing through one complete turn of a coil. 1 ampere-turn is equivalent to 4π/10 or 1.257 gilberts

ampere-turn in Electrical Engineering
noun: An ampere-turn is the product of the number of turns in a coil and the current in amperes that flows through it, that was formerly used as the unit of magnetomotive force.

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