Electricity. With lower-case initial. The unit of current in the centimetre-gramme-second-electromagnetic unit system, equal to ten amperes; = "abampere". Symbol Bi.
Origin
1940s (in an earlier sense). From the name of Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician.
Definition of Biot in US English:
Biot
nounˈbiːəʊ
Physics
Electricity. With lower-case initial. The unit of current in the centimetre-gramme-second-electromagnetic unit system, equal to ten amperes; = "abampere". Symbol Bi.
Origin
1940s (in an earlier sense). From the name of Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician.