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A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 × 10−19 joules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eV
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work unit, heat unit, energy unit
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
elektron volt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Bashkir:
электронвольт
(elektronvolʹt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Bengali:
ইলেক্ট্রন-ভোল্ট
(ilekṭron-bhōlṭo)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Chinese Mandarin:
電子伏特 /电子伏特
(diànzǐ fútè)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Chinese Mandarin:
電子伏 /电子伏
(diànzǐfú)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Czech:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Danish:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Dutch:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Finnish:
elektronivoltti
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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French:
électronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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French:
électron-volt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Georgian:
ელექტრონვოლტი
(elekṭronvolṭi)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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German:
Elektronenvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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German:
Elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Greek:
ηλεκτρονιοβόλτ
(ilektroniovólt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Hungarian:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Indonesian:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Italian:
elettronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Japanese:
電子ボルト
(denshi boruto)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Kazakh:
электронвольт
(élektronvolt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Korean:
전자볼트
(jeonjabolteu)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Kyrgyz:
электронвольт
(elektronvolt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Latin:
electronvoltium
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Persian:
الکترونولت
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Polish:
elektronowolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Brazilian Portuguese:
elétron-volt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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European Portuguese:
eletrão-volt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Romanian:
electronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Russian:
электро́н-во́льт
(elektrón-vólʹt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Russian:
электронвольт
(elektronvolʹt)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Spanish:
electronvoltio
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Swedish:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Tamil:
இலத்திரன்வோல்ட்
(ilattiraṉvōlṭ)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Thai:
อิเล็กตรอนโวลต์
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Tibetan:
གློག་རྡུལ་ཝོལ།
(glog rdul wol)
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
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Uzbek:
elektronvolt
— a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles
