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Potential difference

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voltagenoun(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
potential dropnounthe difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
electric potential differencenoun(electricity) voltage
electric potentialnoun(electricity) The potential energy per unit charge at a point in a static electric field.
electromotive forcenoun(physics) Potential energy (not force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts
electrochemical potentialnounThe potential energy in an electric cell or battery.
electric pressurenoun(electricity) voltage
electric energynounElectrical energy.
electropotentialnounelectrode potential
potentialnounA currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
voltnounIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
potential energynounThe energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).
overpotentialnoun(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis.
electric fieldnoun(electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
electrostatic energynoun(physics) The potential energy of a system of separated electric charges.
overvoltagenounThe hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.
open circuit voltagenounThe difference of electrical potential between two terminals of a device when disconnected from any circuit. The open-circuit voltage of a cell is its EMF (electromotive force).
polaritynounThe separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
planck voltagenoun(physics) The voltage between two points that use one Planck energy for every Planck charge that passes through: V_p=√≈1.043×10²⁷ mbox V
membrane potentialnoun(biology) The difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell

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