voltage

[ vohl-tij ]

noun

, Electricity.

1. electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts. volt.

voltage

/ ˈvəʊltɪdʒ /

noun

1. an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts

voltage

/ vōl′tĭj /

1. A measure of the difference in electric potential between two points in space, a material, or an electric circuit, expressed in volts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of voltage¹

First recorded in 1885–90; volt ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

Designed using low voltage, heated vests are safe and cannot cause any serious injury to the wearer.

From Popular-Science

The researchers haven’t yet measured the combined voltage of such attacks, but 10 Volta’s eels firing together could, in theory, power something like 100 light bulbs, de Santana says.

From Science News

A group at Columbia University has now figured out how to merge the two efforts and write data to DNA using voltage differences applied to living bacteria.

From Ars Technica

Higher voltage engines, once confined to race cars, are now evolving “from race to road” in high-end brands like the Audi e-tron.

From Ozy

With it, the voltage needed to start the new CO2-to-ethanol reaction is far less than what’s needed to kickstart similar reactions, Liu says.

From Science News For Students

It succeeds within its own parameters, but it never administers the maximum-voltage jolt of genuine surprise.

From The Daily Beast

But where was the voltage, the sense of anticipation, the excitement?

From The Daily Beast

To commit this “rudimentary political error,” he wrote, was to “touch a high-voltage line.”

From The Daily Beast

But according to their assessment, the victim had already died after being electrocuted by the high-voltage fence.

From The Daily Beast

A 2.6-meter high-voltage fence is intended to prevent inmates from escaping.

From The Daily Beast

They were difficult to kill, and it required the maximum voltage of our electric guns to bring them down.

From Project Gutenberg

This cell will have a voltage of two volts, a rather low internal resistance, and will be capable of delivering a large current.

From Project Gutenberg

He applied voltage till his generator groaned, and watched in awe as meters climbed and climbed without any sign of stopping.

From Project Gutenberg

An armature wound with very fine wire will deliver a current of high voltage but of low amperage.

From Project Gutenberg

An armature winding of large wire will deliver a current of great amperage, but of small voltage.

From Project Gutenberg

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