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Definition: Amp |
AmpNoun1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps". 2. A nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | AMP Algebraic Manipulation Package. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Adenosine monophosphate, also known as AMP, is the product of adenosine condensation with a single phosphate ion:
AMP can be produced during ATP synthesis by the enzyme adenylate kinase by combining two ADP molecules:
Or AMP may be produced by the hydrolysis of one high energy phosphate bond of ADP:
- 2 ADP → ATP + AMP
AMP can also be formed by hydrolysis of ATP into AMP and pyrophosphate:
- ADP → AMP + Pi
When RNA is broken down by living systems, nucleoside monophosphates, including adenosine monophosphate, are formed.
- ATP → AMP + PPi
AMP can be regenerated to ATP as follows:
AMP can be converted into IMP by the enzyme myoadenylate deaminase, freeing an ammonia group.
- AMP + ATP → 2 ADP (adenylate kinase in the opposite direction)
- 2 ADP + 2 Pi → 2 ATP (this step is most often performed in aerobes by the ATP synthase during oxidative phosphorylation)
In a catabolic pathway, adenosine monophosphate can be converted to uric acid, which is excreted from the body.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adenosine monophosphate."
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Amp can be an abbreviation of:
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
- ampere - the SI unit of electrical current.
- amplifier - a piece of electronic equipment that increases the power of a signal
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amp."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AMP | Danish | Adenosin-5'-monofosfat | Medicine |
AMP | English | Acid Mucopolysaccharide | N/A |
AMP | Finnish | Adenosiinimonofosfaatti | Medicine |
AMP | French | Adénosine-monophosphate | Chemical Industry |
AMP | German | Adenosinmonophosphorsaeure | Chemical Industry |
AMP | Greek | 5-μονοφωσφορική αδενοσίνη | Medicine |
AMP | Italian | Adenosinmonofosfato | Chemical Industry |
AMP | Spanish | Adenosina monofosfato | Medicine |
| Amp.,Amp. | French | Ampère | Electrical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards |
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Synonyms: AmpSynonyms: adenosine monophosphate (n), adenylic acid (n), ampere (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amp |
| English words defined with "amp": adenosine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amp": 3',5'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase ♦ 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate ♦ Acetate-CoA Ligase, Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase, Adenosine Kinase, Adenylate Cyclase, Adenylate Kinase, Adenylosuccinate Lyase, AMP Deaminase, amp off, Apyrase ♦ Calmodulin, Cell Communication, Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Cyclic IMP ♦ Genes, araC, GTP Pyrophosphokinase ♦ point-to-point wiring, Pyruvate, Orthophosphate Dikinase ♦ Quinone Reductases ♦ Receptors, Cyclic AMP ♦ Second Messenger Systems, Serial Storage Architecture, symbolic mathematics ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Amp" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (function, job, office, post), Manx (amp ). |
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Screenplays | You gonna amp up your little Witchblade and cut me (Witchblade; writing credit: Ralph Hemecker; Richard C. Okie) | |
Lyrics | There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White) And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play (Late In The Evening; performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
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| "Amp" by Rene Cerney Commentary: "Amplifier." | "Marshall Amp Head" by Kat Gruber Commentary: "This is a Marshall Amp head - shiny!." |
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Health | Studies in peripheral nerve cells have shown that activating the cyclic AMP "second messenger" system augments the effects of trophic factors. (references) | |
Although activating the cyclic AMP second messenger pathway with the drug forskolin did not sustain retinal ganglion cells in culture, and trophic factors alone were insufficient, the two combined saved more than a third of the cultured cells. (references) | ||
Cyclic AMP is a small molecule that carries messages from cell surface receptors activated by "first messengers" (hormones, neurotransmitters, or other signals) to sites within the cell. Like other second messenger systems, this biochemical pathway allows a single first messenger to control several cellular processes and helps in regulating and integrating the many signals cells receive. (references) | ||
Business | They must also have a 10 amp automatic limiting device. (references) | |
Economic History | Mexico | The most important plants belong to Ford, Daewoo, Bose, AMP, Xerox, Leoni Cable, GE, ACCO, and General Instruments. (references) |
Australia | Although U.S.-made analog phones sold well in the past, the closure of the Australian analog AMP network have in early 2000 and the spread of the digital GSM network has meant that U.S.-made products lost market share to European-made GSM products. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Amp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.97% of the time. "Amp" is used about 678 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.97% | 671 | 9,813 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.03% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 678 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | AMP Diversified Property Trust | New Zealand | AMP NZ Office Trust |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "amp": AMP Deaminase ♦ amp off ♦ Cyclic AMP ♦ Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "amp": amp-in-case, amp-lexi-kow-lis, amp-type. | |
Ending with "amp": X-amp. | |
Containing "amp": cyclic-amp-regulated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
amp land | 34,192 | win amp 3.0 | 137 |
win amp | 31,360 | amp land xxx | 132 |
win amp skin | 4,016 | db power amp | 130 |
amp | 1,541 | 2.81 amp win | 129 |
3 amp win | 659 | win amp radio | 123 |
win amp download | 617 | win amp free | 114 |
profile amp | 448 | amp land al4a | 103 |
amp land movie | 387 | free win amp skin | 103 |
anime win amp skin | 352 | 2.9 amp win | 101 |
win amp 2 | 288 | dfx and win amp | 101 |
3 amp skin win | 278 | 2.91 amp win | 100 |
guitar amp | 265 | win amp plugin | 99 |
amp land main menu | 251 | free win amp download | 98 |
amp connector | 250 | win amp player | 95 |
amp land com | 240 | amp tyco | 93 |
2.8 amp win | 186 | 1001 win amp skin | 86 |
win amp skin maker | 182 | amp land main | 86 |
win amp plugins | 180 | win amp skin nude | 84 |
marshall amp | 179 | amp win xp | 84 |
amp ampland.com land | 148 | power amp | 84 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "amp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 安培 (Ampere, AMPS). (various references) | |
Danish | katabolitaktivator-protein (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein), cyklisk AMP (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), cyklisk adenosinmonofosfat (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), CAP-protein (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein), cAMP (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP). (various references) | |
Dutch | cyclisch AMP (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), C-reactieve proteïne (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein). (various references) | |
Finnish | syklisen AMP:n repressoriproteiini (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein), syklinen adenosiinimonofosfaatti (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), cAMP (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP). (various references) | |
French | AMP cyclique ordinaire (cyclic AMP), AMP cyclique (cyclic AMP), adénosine monophosphate cyclique (cyclic AMP), protéine crp (cyclic AMP receptor protein), CAP protéine (cyclic AMP receptor protein). (various references) | |
German | Ampere (ampere, amperes, amps). (various references) | |
Greek | ενισχυτής (amplifier), αμπέραζ (amperage), αμπέρ (ampere). (various references) | |
Hungarian | levágás (ablation, concision, paring, short cut, slam, slaughter), csonkolás, amputálás (amputation), amper (ampère, ampere). (various references) | |
Italian | AMP-ciclico ordinario (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), AMP ciclico (cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), adenosinmonofosfato ciclico (cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP), proteina crp (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein), proteina CAP (catabolite activator protein, catabolite gene activator protein, CGA protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein), cAMP (cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic AMP). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アンド回路 (ambassador, amber, ambiance, ambivalence, ambulance, amphetamine, amplifier, ampoule, AND circuit, boredom, enfants terribles, impromptu, umber, umbrella cut, umpire, unbalance, unbelievable, unfair, unhappy, unparser, unplayable). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アンプ . (various references) | |
Manx | amp. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampay.(various references) | |
Russian | амп.. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | amper (ampere). (various references) | |
Spanish | amperio (ampère, ampere). (various references) | |
Swedish | ampere (ampere). (various references) | |
Turkish | amplifikatör (amplifier, booster, power amplifier, repeater), amper (ampère, ampere), yükselteç. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amp": amperage, amperages, ampere, amperes, amperometric, ampersand, ampersands, amphetamine, amphetamines, amphibia, amphibian, amphibians, amphibious, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amphibiousnesses, amphibole, amphiboles, amphibolies, amphibolite, amphibolites, amphibologies, amphibology, amphiboly, amphibrach, amphibrachic, amphibrachs, amphictyonic, amphictyonies, amphictyony, amphidiploid, amphidiploidies, amphidiploids, amphidiploidy, amphimacer, amphimacers, amphimixes, amphimixis, amphioxi, amphioxus, amphioxuses, amphipathic, amphiphile, amphiphiles, amphiphilic, amphiploid, amphiploidies, amphiploids, amphiploidy, amphipod, amphipods. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "amp": abamp, bedlamp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, decamp, encamp, firedamp, flashlamp, gamp, gramp, headlamp, lamp, minicamp, offramp, oilcamp, preamp, prestamp, ramp, restamp, revamp, samp, scamp, stamp, streetlamp, sunlamp, swamp, taillamp, tamp, tramp, unclamp, vamp. (additional references) | |
Words containing "amp": abampere, abamperes, abamps, bedlamps, campagna, campagne, campaign, campaigned, campaigner, campaigners, campaigning, campaigns, campanile, campaniles, campanili, campanologies, campanologist, campanologists, campanology, campanula, campanulas, campanulate, campcraft, campcrafts, camped, camper, campers, campesino, campesinos, campestral, campfire, campfires, campground, campgrounds, camphene, camphenes, camphine, camphines, camphire, camphires, camphol, camphols, camphor, camphoraceous, camphorate, camphorated, camphorates, camphorating, camphors, campi, campier. (additional references) | |
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"Amp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abp, Abpi, acmnpv, Admap, afm, afp, agp, aip, Ajp, akp, ama, amap, amc, amd, amf, amg, amh, ami, amj, Amk, amm, Ammc, amn, ampa, ampe, amph, Amphu, ampi, ampm, ampo, ampro, Ampy, amr, amu, Amx, anap, Andp, anop, anp, Anpp, Anup, aop, ap, apb, apme, appp, Armpc, Asmf, Aup, avp, azm, azp, bamp, emip, emp, emph, empl, epm, Gamph, gmp, kamp, Mabp, majp, mapm, mapo, mapp, Mapu, namp, nmp, pma, ymp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amp" (pronounced a"mp) |
| 3 | a" m p | camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, decamp, encamp, Gamp, lamp, ramp, revamp, samp, stamp, tamp, tramp, unclamp, vamp. |
| 2 | -m p | blimp, bump, chimp, chomp, chump, clump, comp, Crimp, Crump, dump, firedamp, frump, grump, hemp, hump, imp, jump, Kemp, limp, lump, pimp, plump, pomp, primp, pump, romp, rump, scrimp, shrimp, skimp, slump, stomp, stump, sump, swamp, temp, thump, Tromp, trump, wimp. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: map, pam. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-p" | |
-1 letter: am, ma, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-p" | |
+1 letter: amps, camp, damp, gamp, lamp, maps, palm, pams, pima, pram, puma, ramp, samp, spam, tamp, vamp. | |
+2 letters: abamp, ample, amply, ampul, campi, campo, camps, campy, champ, clamp, cramp, damps, gamps, gramp, lamps, limpa, maple, milpa, palms, palmy, pampa, pimas, plasm, praam, prams, prima, psalm, pumas, ramps, remap, samps, scamp, spams, spasm, stamp, swamp, tamps, tramp, vamps. | |
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