POTENTIAL DROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potential drop mean? 

• POTENTIAL DROP (noun)
  The noun POTENTIAL DROP has 1 sense:

1. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

  Familiarity information: POTENTIAL DROP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTENTIAL DROP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electric potential; potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage

Hypernyms ("potential drop" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potential drop"):

evoked potential (the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus)

resting potential (the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse)