voltage
nounUK /ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/ · CA, US /ˈvoʊltɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.
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Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
- The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.
- Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.
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- The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659:
- Derived terms
- breakdown voltage, dual-voltage, flashover voltage, Hall voltage, high-voltage, high voltage, high-voltage transmission line, induced voltage, inductive voltage divider, Kirchhoff's voltage law, load voltage, multi-voltage, node-voltage analysis, open circuit voltage, partial discharge extinction voltage, partial discharge inception voltage, Planck voltage, ripple voltage, sparkover voltage, voltage divider, voltagelike, voltage multiplier, voltage spike