volt ampere

SI unit of apparent power in an electrical circuit
Intangible unit_of_power Q550341
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volt ampere

Summary

volt ampere is an unit of power[1]. It draws 1,428 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_power category, ranking #4 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • volt ampere's instance of is recorded as unit of power[3].
  • volt ampere's instance of is recorded as SI derived unit[4].
  • volt ampere's instance of is recorded as coherent SI unit[5].
  • volt ampere's measured physical quantity is recorded as apparent power[6].
  • volt ampere's measured physical quantity is recorded as electric power[7].
  • Alessandro Volta is named after volt ampere[8].
  • André-Marie Ampère is named after volt ampere[9].
  • volt is named after volt ampere[10].
  • ampere is named after volt ampere[11].
  • volt ampere's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • volt ampere's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • volt ampere's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[14].
  • volt ampere's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q550341', 'amount': '+1'}[15].
  • volt ampere's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q550341 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[16].
  • volt ampere's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'В·А'}[17].
  • volt ampere's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'V A'}[18].
  • volt ampere's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'V·A'}[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of power[3], SI derived unit[4], and coherent SI unit[5].

Origins

Things named after include Alessandro Volta[8], a physicist[20], 1745–1827[21], of Duchy of Milan[22], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[23], specialised in physiology[24]; André-Marie Ampère[9], a physicist[25], 1775–1836[26], of France[27], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[28], specialised in electromagnetism[29]; volt[10], a SI unit with special name[30]; and ampere[11], a SI base unit[31].

Why It Matters

volt ampere draws 1,428 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_power category, ranking #4 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Q107353881. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GOST 8.417. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conversion to si unit → {'unit': 'Q550341', 'amount': '+1'}
    Measured physical quantity → apparent power, electric power
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1927975
    Named after → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q10387689]]"
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