POTENTIAL UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potential unit mean? 

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

1. a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTENTIAL UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)

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

abvolt (a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt)

millivolt; mV (a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt)

microvolt (a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt)

nanovolt (a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt)

picovolt (a unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt)

femtovolt (a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond))

V; volt (a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it)

kilovolt; kV (a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts)