Usually means: Unit of electric current measurement.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. AMP, amp: Merriam-Webster
  2. AMP, AMP, amp, amp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. AMP, amp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. amp, amp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. AMP, amp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Amp, amp: Wordnik
  7. amp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. AMP, amp: Wiktionary
  9. amp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. amp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. amp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. amp, amp: Dictionary.com
  13. amp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. AMP (magazine), AMP (solution stack), AMP, Amp (TV series), Amp (band), Amp (magazine), Amp, The Amp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. amp: Rhymezone
  16. AMP, amp: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. amp: FreeDictionary.org
  18. amp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. AMP, amp: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. amp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. amp: Merriam-Webster

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AMP (Amino-ethyl Propanol): Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. amp: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AMP: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Amp (disambiguation), amp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AMP: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. AMP, Amp (disambiguation), amp: Medical dictionary
  7. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AMP: Acronym Finder
  2. AMP: Three Letter Words with definitions
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Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Amp: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. AMP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  5. AMP: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. amp, amp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Amp: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. A.M.P: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. amp: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  4. AMP (Amino-ethyl Propanol): Beauty & Health Glossary
  5. Oil Analysis (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (colloquial, usually with up) To amplify.
verb:  (colloquial, usually with up) To excite.
verb:  (colloquial, usually with up) To intensify or increase.
verb:  (colloquial, usually with up) To connect to amplifiers.
noun:  (colloquial, countable) Short for ampere. [A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A]
noun:  (colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier. [Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.]
noun:  (colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule. [A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.]
noun:  (colloquial, countable) Short for amputee. [A person who has had one or more limbs removed.]
noun:  (colloquial, uncountable) Short for amphetamine. [(organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.]
noun:  (colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin. [(pharmacology) A semisynthetic form of penicillin C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₄S that is effective against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and is used to treat infections of the urinary, respiratory, and intestinal tracts.]
noun:  (colloquial, countable) Short for ampersand. [The symbol "&".]
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine monophosphate. [(biochemistry) A nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate.]
noun:  (biochemistry) Initialism of antimicrobial peptide.
noun:  (Internet) Initialism of accelerated mobile page.
noun:  Initialism of Asian massage parlor.
noun:  (biblical) Abbreviation of Amplified Bible.

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