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Volt

/vɒlt/

In 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

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In 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

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vnoun	a shape resembling the letter v

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vnoun	a shape resembling the letter v
voltagenoun	(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
wattagenoun	An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc.
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tensionnoun	The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
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120	(one hundred [and] twenty) the natural number following 119 and preceding 121.
coulombsnoun	In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
pdnoun	(law enforcement) Initialism of police department. [(law enforcement) Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.]
potentialnoun	A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
emfnoun	(physics) Initialism of electromotive force. [(physics) Potential energy (not force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts]
volt-amperenoun	The unit of apparent power in an electrical circuit, equal to the product of root-mean-square (RMS) voltage and RMS current. Symbol VA.
voltamperenoun	(physics) A derived unit of electrical power that is the product of one volt and one ampere
wattnoun	In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
statvoltnoun	A unit of voltage and electrical potential in the CGS system, equivalent to 299.792458 volts.
electronvoltnoun	(physics) Alternative spelling of electron volt. [(physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 × 10⁻¹⁹ joules.]
abvoltnoun	(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
voltometernoun	Alternative form of voltmeter. [An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.]
nanovoltnoun	(metrology) An SI unit of electromotive force equal to 10⁻⁹ volts. Symbol: nV