ampersat

Blend of ampersand +‎ at.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.pə.sæt/, /ˈæmp.ə.zæt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.pɚ.sæt/, /ˈæmp.ɚ.zæt/

ampersat (plural ampersats)

1. The at sign (@).
   • 1996, David Bown, "bits & bytes", The Independent, Monday 05 February 1996

     Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called{...}. Tim Gowens offered the highly logical 'ampersat'".

   • 2000, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Beginning PHP4, page 249

     […] there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an "ampersat") nor a domain name.

• (at sign): at sign, at-sign, atmark, at symbol, commercial at

• aptamers, tera amps, tera-amps, teraamps

ampersat m

1. (physics) ampere-hour