VOLT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does volt mean? 

• VOLT (noun)
  The noun VOLT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: VOLT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

V; volt

Hypernyms ("volt" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "volt"):

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))

Holonyms ("volt" is a part of...):

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

Derivation:

voltaic (pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action)

 Context examples 

The neutrino-interaction events selected for the study have energies of at least one trillion electron volts, or 1 teraelectronvolt (TeV), roughly the energy of motion of a flying mosquito.

(Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks, National Science Foundation)

The measures I have are 1 volt/metre in maximum radiation.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

They observed this structure at energies from 5 to 40 trillion electron volts — light with trillions of times more energy than our eyes can see.

(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)

A SI derived unit of an electric potential and electromotive force equal to one thousandth of a volt.

(Millivolt, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI unit of an electric potential and electromotive force equal to one millionth of a volt.

(Microvolt, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.

(Ohm, NCI Thesaurus)

The team’s calculations revealed that this static charge can reach ten thousand volts in some materials, like the Teflon suits used in the Apollo lunar missions.

(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)

In what is called a target-of-opportunity observation, NuSTAR was redirected to take a look at high-energy X-rays from this source in the range of 3 to 79 kiloelectron volts.

(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)

A unit of energy defined as the kinetic energy acquired by an electron in passing through a potential difference of one volt in a vacuum.

(Electronvolt, NCI Thesaurus)

If it is the current which changes, then the induced field will generate a potential difference within the coil: if the inductance is one henry a current change of one ampere per second generates a potential difference of one volt.

(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)