Definition of Volt

n.1.
1.(Man.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
2.(Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
1.(Elec.) The unit of electro-motive force; - defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampère. It is practically equivalent to


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abvolt, femtovolt, kilovolt, kV, microvolt, millivolt, mV, nanovolt, picovolt, potential unit, V


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