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Define the unit of current.

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The SI unit of electric current is ampere (A).
The current flowing through a conductor is said to be one ampere, when a charge of one coulomb flows across any cross section of a conductor , in in second. Hence,
1 ampere = `("1 coulomb")/("1 second")`
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