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The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark. Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical phenomenon
Narrower terms: evoked potential, resting potential
the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electromotive force, emf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical phenomenon
From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
tension
— difference in electrostatic potential
Arabic :
جُهْد
(juhd)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Arabic :
فُولْتِيَّة
(voltiyya)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Armenian :
լարում
(larum)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Asturian :
voltaxe
— difference in electrostatic potential
Azerbaijani :
gərginlik
— difference in electrostatic potential
Belarusian :
напру́жанне
(naprúžannje)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Belarusian :
напру́жаньне
(naprúžanʹnje)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Belarusian :
напру́га
(naprúha)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Bengali :
বিভব
(bibhob)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Bulgarian :
напреже́ние
(naprežénie)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Burmese :
ဗို့အား
(bui.a:)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Catalan :
tensió
— difference in electrostatic potential
Catalan :
voltatge
— difference in electrostatic potential
Cebuano :
boltahe
— difference in electrostatic potential
Chinese Cantonese :
電壓 /电压
(din6 aat3)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Chinese :
電壓 /电压
(tiān-ap)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Chinese Mandarin :
電壓 /电压
(diànyā)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Czech :
napětí
— difference in electrostatic potential
Danish :
spænding
— difference in electrostatic potential
Dutch :
spanning
— difference in electrostatic potential
Esperanto :
tensio
— difference in electrostatic potential
Estonian :
pinge
— difference in electrostatic potential
Finnish :
jännite
— difference in electrostatic potential
French :
tension
— difference in electrostatic potential
French :
voltage
— difference in electrostatic potential
Galician :
voltaxe
— difference in electrostatic potential
Georgian :
ძაბვა
(ʒabva)
— difference in electrostatic potential
German :
Spannung
— difference in electrostatic potential
Greek :
τάση
(tási)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hebrew :
מֶתַח
(métakh)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hebrew :
ווֹלטָג׳
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hindi :
विभवांतर
(vibhvāntar)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hindi :
वोल्टता
(volṭatā)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hindi :
विद्युत्-दाब
(vidyut-dāb)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Hungarian :
feszültség
— difference in electrostatic potential
Icelandic :
rafspenna
— difference in electrostatic potential
Icelandic :
spenna
— difference in electrostatic potential
Icelandic :
straumstyrkur
— difference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian :
tegangan
— difference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian :
tegangan listrik
— difference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian :
beda potensial
— difference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian :
spaning
— difference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian :
voltase
— difference in electrostatic potential
Irish :
teannas
— difference in electrostatic potential
Italian :
voltaggio
— difference in electrostatic potential
Italian :
tensione
— difference in electrostatic potential
Japanese :
電圧
(den'atsu)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Kazakh :
кернеу
(kerneu)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Khmer :
តង់ស្យុង
(tɑngsyong)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Korean :
전압
(jeonap)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Kyrgyz :
шыкалуу
(şıkaluu)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Lao :
ຄວາມດັນໄຟຟ້າ
(khuām dan fai fā)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Latvian :
spriegums
— difference in electrostatic potential
Latvian :
voltāža
— difference in electrostatic potential
Lithuanian :
įtampa
— difference in electrostatic potential
Macedonian :
напон
(napon)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Macedonian :
волта́жа
(voltáža)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Malay :
voltan
— difference in electrostatic potential
Malay :
voltase
— difference in electrostatic potential
Maltese :
vultaġġ
— difference in electrostatic potential
Māori :
ngaohiko
— difference in electrostatic potential
Mongolian :
хүчдэл
(xüčdel)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Norwegian Bokmål :
spenning
— difference in electrostatic potential
Iranian Persian :
وُلْتاژ
(voltâž)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Piedmontese :
voltagg
— difference in electrostatic potential
Polish :
napięcie
— difference in electrostatic potential
Polish :
woltaż
— difference in electrostatic potential
Portuguese :
tensão
— difference in electrostatic potential
Portuguese :
voltagem
— difference in electrostatic potential
Romanian :
tensiune
— difference in electrostatic potential
Romanian :
voltaj
— difference in electrostatic potential
Russian :
напряже́ние
(naprjažénije)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Russian :
вольта́ж
(volʹtáž)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Serbo-Croatian :
на́пон
— difference in electrostatic potential
Serbo-Croatian :
nápon
— difference in electrostatic potential
Slovak :
napätie
— difference in electrostatic potential
Slovene :
napetost
— difference in electrostatic potential
Slovene :
voltaža
— difference in electrostatic potential
Spanish :
voltaje
— difference in electrostatic potential
Spanish :
tensión
— difference in electrostatic potential
Swedish :
spänning
— difference in electrostatic potential
Tagalog :
boltahe
— difference in electrostatic potential
Tajik :
шиддат
(šiddat)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Thai :
แรงดันไฟฟ้า
(rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Thai :
โวลเตจ
(woon-dtèet)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Turkish :
gerilim
— difference in electrostatic potential
Turkmen :
tok güýji
— difference in electrostatic potential
Ukrainian :
напру́га
(naprúha)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Ukrainian :
напру́ження
(naprúžennja)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Ukrainian :
вольта́ж
(volʹtáž)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Urdu :
وولْٹیج
(volṭej)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Urdu :
تَناؤ
(tanāo)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Urdu :
جُہْد
(juhd)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Uyghur :
توك بېسىمى
(tok bësimi)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Uyghur :
بېسىم
(bësim)
— difference in electrostatic potential
Uzbek :
kuchlanish
— difference in electrostatic potential
Vietnamese :
điện áp
— difference in electrostatic potential
Vietnamese :
hiệu điện thế
— difference in electrostatic potential
Welsh :
foltedd
— difference in electrostatic potential