"Red CloudŽ" wrote:
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:38:30 -0500, Duane Bozarth
wrote:
"Red CloudŽ" wrote:
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Actually it does have 3 M's! Do a google for ammmeter and see for yourself. I
know it looks funny, but that's the way it is spelled.
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Don't know where you found it, but that's certainly not accepted.
Actually, I just did. There were only 380(!) hits for the
misspelling...that's pretty good, actually considering the millions of
correct spellings.
Let's see..."ampmeter" -- 9,080 hits w/ the "Did you mean 'amp meter'?"
message.
"ammeter" -- 203,000 (I'd thought it would be much higher)
Is there any English word w/ three consecutive letters in proper
spelling--sure can't think of one.
It is not an english word at all. It is technical jargon, and 3 m's is correct.
Where do you get the third one from? Am(pere)Meter...the third is only
a typo that has propogated.
As for the "word", Oxford dictionary has "ammeter" right there in
full-blown glory.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ammeter&db=*
4 entries found for ammeter.
amˇmeˇter ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mmtr)
n.
An instrument that measures electric current in amperes.
[am(pere) + -meter.]
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ammmeter&db=*
No entry found for ammmeter.
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