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What type of current is measured by the unit named after Ampère?

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The answer is electric current. It is the flow of electric charge through a conductor. Measured in amperes, it represents the amount of charge moving past a point in a circuit per unit time. The SI unit of electric current is the ampere (A), named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère, who made significant contributions to the field of electromagnetism.
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